Once a vibrant waterbody crisscrossing through Barguna’s Amtali town, the century-old Basugi canal is now on its deathbed due to rampant encroachment and pollution.
On November 17 last year, as Cyclone Midhili crossed the coast of Bangladesh, 25 fishermen from Patuakhali’s Rangabali upazila, who were in three trawlers in the Bay of Bengal, went missing.
A tributary of Rabanabad river merges with the Andharmanik river to form an estuary in Kalapara upazila of Patuakhali before the rivers descend to the Bay of Bengal.
Saidul Islam, a 25-year-old from Dashmina upazila in Patuakhali, once dreamed of building a stable life for his family. But the light of that dream has been extinguished -- both figuratively and literally.
Just six months after Tk 6,500 crore was spent on capital dredging, Payra Port’s Rabnabad channel has lost much of its navigability, pushing up coal transport costs for the power plants in the area.
Fish farming in Patuakhali has taken a new turn with increasing interest in coral fish farming through artificial feeding
Amid the backdrop of all other coal-based power plants in the country, including India’s Adani, the production of a unit of Payra Thermal Power Plant went into maintenance today
The Kalapara-Dhankhali road in Patuakhali’s Kalapara upazila has begun collapsing in several areas, with cracks forming in many sections.
The only concrete building of Faridganj High School in Patuakhali’s Kalapara upazila has long been in a sorry state and left abandoned as it was deemed unsafe for conducting academic activities.
Jasim Uddin Howladar, 37, from Patuakhali’s Dumki upazila, used to work as a driver for a Dhaka-based non-government organisation.
Says mother of Raihan, 17, who died of bullet wounds
Hotels, resorts and motels in the country’s holiday destinations are lying idle for a lack of tourists amidst the deterioration of law and order since Sheikh Hasina resigned from the post of prime minister on August 5 in the face of a mass uprising.
Says father of 16-year-old Md Amin
Asks wife of Titu, who was shot dead in Dhanmondi
Death of Liton, 30, leaves family devastated
Asks son of van puller Jahangir
Mehedi dies of bullet wounds while covering news in Jatrabari
Death of 25-year-old leaves family distraught
