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.
Indigenous leaders allege political favouritism in land allocation schemes
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.
The central bus terminal in Patuakhali is in a dilapidated state and in dire need of renovation.
Patients in Barguna’s Amtali upazila are deprived of proper treatment facilities as the upazila health complex is plagued with various problems including shortage of doctors and other staff.
Residents in Barguna’s Taltali upazila are struggling to commute as boat services on Kachupatra Canal have remained halted since May 26, due to water hyacinth.
In Barguna’s Amtali upazila, there used to be a total 12 bridges in different areas on the 25-kilometre-long Haldia Canal.
Zainal Howlader, a resident of Kalikapur village under Patuakhali’s Bauphal upazila, died in 1969.
'I recently received a notice from Krishi Bank saying that my father had taken a loan of Tk 50,000 in 2014 from the bank. But my father died in 1969, how could he take the loan in 2014?' questions Abul Bashar, a retired policeman
Some local influential people in Rangabali upazila of Patuakhali have been setting up fish enclosures grabbing a section of the Darchira river.
Tidal waves and strong winds under the influence of Cyclone Remal damaged more than 200 small and medium fishing trawlers in Barguna’s Patharghata.
In an instance of unplanned development work, two electric poles are standing in the middle of an approach road to a bridge on a canal in Char Montaj union of Patuakhali’s Rangabali upazila.
There is no dedicated building for the Gazipur Bazaar police outpost in Amtali upazila of Barguna for 18 years.
