A government study has found Aedes mosquito larvae in 31 percent of the samples collected from homes in Barguna town.
Confined to a wheelchair with no control over his lower body and limited movement in both his arms, 23-year-old Golam Rabbani of Patuakhali’s Kalapara has defied all odds to become a successful freelancer, now earning around Tk 50,000 a month.
Despite efforts by the health department and local administration, the dengue situation in Barguna continues to worsen.
On the day of Eid-ul-Azha (June 7), Omar Al Arabi, a third-grader at Barguna Collectorate School and College, was diagnosed with dengue.
Monir Sardar, 45, a fisherman from Char Montaz union under Patuakhali's Rangabali upazila, and his four family members became homeless overnight as strong winds and tidal surges caused by a low-pressure system battered the coastline recently
The Gorai river, a tributary of the Padma that flows through the country’s south-western region, has turned into a narrow canal across Kalikapur, Auliapur, and Madarbunia unions in Patuakhali Sadar upazila due to lack of water flow and rampant pollution and encroachment.
Even though 12 years have passed since the Barguna General Hospital was upgraded to a 250-bed facility in 2013, its services continued to be disrupted for years due to an acute shortage of manpower.
With frequent volatility in edible oil prices in the local market, farmers across the southern region are increasingly turning to oilseed cultivation -- both to meet household needs and as a commercial venture.
Farmers in Patuakhali have started mustard cultivation using the “relay system” (without tilling).
The villagers used the canal's water for irrigating their croplands, and for numerous domestic purposes. It also served as a waterway connecting different areas in the upazila
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.
