In Pirojpur’s Nazirpur and Nesarabad upazilas, vast areas of marshlands remain flooded most of the time each year, making it difficult for landowners to cultivate any crops due to the high water levels.
Around 3,000 residents of two villages under Pirojpur’s Indurkani upazila have long endured immense suffering due to the absence of a protective embankment.
The 5km rural road serves as an important route connecting Nesarabad and Nazirpur upazilas
Farmers in Pirojpur’s Nesarabad upazila are anxious about a possible low yield of guava this year due to unfavourable weather conditions
Palm trees grow naturally along roadsides and orchard edges
The construction work to upgrade the facilities of Kawkhali Upazila Health Complex in Pirojpur remains incomplete even after 17 years, depriving around one lakh residents of essential medical services.
Once, the canals flowing through Pirojpur town were the main route for transporting goods and people via paddle and engine-run boats.
Earning opportunities through water hyacinth have been created for hundreds of people in different areas of Pirojpur’s Nazirpur and neighbouring Gopalganj’s Kotalipara upazilas.
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
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.
In the recent years, many farmers in Pirojpur district switched from paddy cultivation to growing different varieties of seasonal fruits.
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.
Right in the heart of Jhalakathi lies a library stocked with over 8,000 books of various genres -- history, culture, poetry, and more.
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.
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.
Farmers in Pirojpur and Barisal are passing busy time in growing vegetable saplings on floating seedbeds.
Irene, a 20-year-old mother, was happy, as she was returning home after the first nanubari (grandmother’s home) visit of her one-month-old daughter, Ripa.
The traffic on the road was quite light and the bus was moving at a speed of 40 to 50mph. It was meant to be a regular morning ride from Bhandaria to Barishal.
