Sohrab Hossain

Our Correspondent, Patuakhali

Barguna’s Amatali-Taltali road riddled with potholes

The 35-kilometre regional road connecting Barguna’s two remote upazilas -- Amatali and Taltali -- has fallen into severe disrepair due to a lack of maintenance, causing immense suffering to thousands of commuters every day.

2d ago

Rakhine cremation grounds shrink amid encroachment in Patuakhali, Barguna

Indigenous leaders allege political favouritism in land allocation schemes

4d ago

Aedes larvae found in 31% Barguna town homes

A government study has found Aedes mosquito larvae in 31 percent of the samples collected from homes in Barguna town.

2w ago

Freelancing lifts Rabbani out of despair

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.

2w ago

Barguna slips deeper into dengue crisis

Despite efforts by the health department and local administration, the dengue situation in Barguna continues to worsen.

3w ago

Barguna sees sharp spike in dengue

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.

3w ago

Tidal surges damage 955 houses in Patuakhali

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

1m ago

Pollution, sluice gates choke Gorai

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.

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August 4, 2024
August 4, 2024

Who will call me Abba?

Death of Liton, 30, leaves family devastated

August 4, 2024
August 4, 2024

Why did they shoot my father?

Asks son of van puller Jahangir

August 1, 2024
August 1, 2024

Journalist killed in the line of duty

Mehedi dies of bullet wounds while covering news in Jatrabari

July 31, 2024
July 31, 2024

Jihad wanted to be a cricketer

Death of 25-year-old leaves family distraught

July 31, 2024
July 31, 2024

1,320MW coal power plant in Patuakhali to fire up in October

A 1,320-megawatt (MW) coal-based thermal power plant located in Kalapara upazila of Patuakhali is ready to begin commercial operations by the end of this year, officials said..The first of the plant’s two units, which can generate 660 MWs daily, will commence production in October while th

July 29, 2024
July 29, 2024

Dreams dashed by a bullet

He was taken to Chittagong Medical College Hospital first, then to a local private hospital and finally to Dhaka Medical College Hospital after his condition kept deteriorating.

July 26, 2024
July 26, 2024

Tourism jolted by curfew

Zahra Mayeesha, a 26-year-old private job holder, was preparing to return to Dhaka from a two-day vacation to Sreemangal with her husband on July 16.

July 16, 2024
July 16, 2024

Locals bar initiation of works for Patuakhali EPZ

Locals on Saturday barred the initiation of land development for an export processing zone (EPZ) at Patuakhali sadar upazila demanding compensation for land acquired by the government. .Around 150 people staged the protest at Pachakoralia mouza of Auliapur union. .One of them, Md Sh

July 15, 2024
July 15, 2024

207 schools need urgent repair

At least 207 educational institutions, including schools, colleges, and madrasas in Patuakhali, are in dire need of urgent repair after sustaining significant damages in Cyclone Remal.

July 11, 2024
July 11, 2024

245 iron bridges or death traps?

A tragic accident led to the death of nine people after an iron bridge collapsed and caused a microbus to fall into the canal in Haldia Bazar area of Barguna’s Amtali upazila on June 22.