Vegetable sapling growers in Pirojpur hopeful of greater profits as weather improves
Farmers of Pirojpur’s Nazirpur and Nesarabad upazilas are expecting good profit margins for their vegetable saplings as weather conditions have turned favourable in recent days
2m ago
Guava, hog plum growers fear poor harvest
Growers of guava and hog plum in Pirojpur and Jhalakathi districts are worried over a possible poor production due to unfavourable weather and the aftermath of cyclone Remal.
4m ago
Lichi cultivation a success in Pirojpur
In the recent years, many farmers in Pirojpur district switched from paddy cultivation to growing different varieties of seasonal fruits.
6m ago
Pirojpur, Patuakhali: Hospitals overrun with patients
The major hospitals in Pirojpur and Patuakhali districts are finding it difficult to cope with the onrush of patients amid the sweltering heat since mid-April.
6m ago
Change Maker: A carpenter’s literary paradise
Right in the heart of Jhalakathi lies a library stocked with over 8,000 books of various genres -- history, culture, poetry, and more.
9m ago
Unplanned sluice gates a curse for coastal districts
Once a fisherman, Sagir Hossain Somed, 55, of Dakshin Gilabad village of Pirojpur’s Mathbaria upazila, switched to farming after fish population depleted alarmingly within a few years of the construction of a sluice gate in neighbouring Dadhibhanga village.
1y ago
Cricket bat-makers hope to cash in on World Cup fever
Cricket bat-makers in Pirojpur’s Nesarabad upazila have gotten to work ahead of schedule with next month’s Cricket World Cup just around the corner, and they are hopeful of good sales during the showpiece event in neighbouring India.
1y ago
Growers busy in producing vegetable saplings on floating seedbed
Farmers in Pirojpur and Barisal are passing busy time in growing vegetable saplings on floating seedbeds.
1y ago
July 17, 2023
Droughts hamper boat business
The lack of rain amid recurring heatwaves is hampering the wooden boat business in parts of Bangladesh as many inland waterbodies, such as canals and marshlands, have all but dried up.
May 5, 2023
Banana cultivation a boon for farmers in south
Thousands of people on both sides of the Baleshwar river, which flows between Pirojpur and Bagerhat, have changed their fates by cultivating banana on a commercial basis.
December 24, 2022
The launch ride from hell
On one fine winter evening, exactly a year ago, a launch named MV Abhijan-10 left Dhaka for Barguna around 6:00pm, with over 600 on board, although there was room for only 420.
December 22, 2022
Paddy varieties going extinct
Once farmers of Pirojpur used to cultivate more than 50 varieties of paddy during Aman season. But currently, only five to six varieties exist as the rest appear to have vanished, according to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE).
December 21, 2022
Most traditional paddy varieties go extinct in Pirojpur
Once farmers of Pirojpur used to cultivate more than 50 varieties of paddy during Aman season. But currently, only five to six varieties exist as the rests appeared to have vanished, according to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE).
November 15, 2022
Businesses forge ahead despite poor infrastructure
There once was a time when carpenters at an industrial estate of the Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) in Pirojpur’s Nesarabad upazila would use handmade equipment to produce various types of furniture.
October 15, 2022
An orchard born amid the pandemic
In the middle of the pandemic, a group of entrepreneurs from Pirojpur’s Nazirpur upazila were inspired to create an alternative source of income locally, and in that course, nurtured a fruit orchard at Sreerumkathi village.
August 19, 2022
Farmers eye good profits from floating seedbeds
Farmers who grow vegetable saplings on floating seedbeds are hopeful of making good profits this year following two years of strife amid the Covid-19 pandemic, when there was a serious dearth in wholesale buyers due to restrictions on public movement.
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