Despite high demand at retail markets where it is selling for good prices, lemon growers are failing to sell the produce at profitable rates due to a drop in the number of interested buyers at Bhimruli wholesale market in Jhalakathi Sadar.
It’s water, water everywhere. Strong current coupled by the fierce gales has inundated almost everything that can be seen through the eerie darkness. Women and children have been huddled in a boat tied up with a tree in a nearby jungle with men straining every nerve to survive the perilous night by grasping something firm.
As the crisis originating from the coronavirus deepens, people, especially the poor and needy, are looking up to their local leaders to deliver.
An inadequate supply of testing kits to detect the novel coronavirus across Barishal division has become a headache for doctors in the region.
As some people with more regularised jobs and businesses gradually begin to work from home or enter stay-home modes across the country, livelihoods of low-income people are being hit hard.
Coconut grower Shahinur was shocked to see how a single green coconut was being sold for Tk 80 in Barishal city near Sher-E-Bangla Medical College Hospital. But, at her village, in close proximity to the city, she recently sold each coconut to traders for only Tk 12.
Fishermen of Elisha village and nearby areas in Bhola Sadar upazila can now aspire to be literate as a group of local youths under the banner of East Elisha Foundation, a voluntary organisation, started a school for them.
How long does it take to complete a two-year project for constructing a medical facility? For a government hospital struggling to cope with patient flow, the answer is more than a decade.
Many auto-rickshaws in Barishal city are using household gas cylinders, exposing passengers to high risk of accidents, according to the Department of Explosives (DoE).
Felling of trees by “influential people” is damaging the biodiversity of Bhola's Manpura Island, making it prone to natural disasters.
Apart from being a boon to the city and its residents, canals also enhance the scenic beauty of their respective locales. They are perfect locations for taking a breather when city life wears one down.
In a bid to stretch usable land, people have been encroaching canals flowing through Barishal city.
Even a few years ago, Barishal did not witness much waterlogging that the city is experiencing nowadays.
A heart attack victim has been thrust upon death's doorstep as wrong diagnosis and treatment in a Barishal-based private clinic has increased the patient's chance of sustaining permanent and irreparable damage.
Cancer patient Ali Hossain Khan chose launch to go to Dhaka for his appointment with an oncologist there on Friday. But he failed to manage any cabin on any launch for two consecutive days since Thursday.
Scores of litigants are forced to wait for justice in different criminal cases including murder and rape in Barishal region, as more than a hundred forensic reports have been pending with Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital (SBMCH) for the last five months.
Unauthorised vehicle stands, local markets and restaurants set up on highways have led to severe traffic congestion in Barishal division. Moreover, wires, spools, bricks and debris are often left on the highways, escalating the risks of accidents.
Upon visiting the Shandhya river at Banaripara in Barishal, in the early hours, one would see a gathering of around 500 boats carrying large, round open sacks of rice. The boats, both big and small, dotted with these sacks, under the blue sky, can make for a fascinating sight for visitors.
