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.
Severe erosion by the Meghna river has intensified in recent weeks in Shibpur union under Bhola Sadar upazila, threatening to wash away riverbank areas, a fish landing station, and other infrastructure.
Hospitals across Barishal are witnessing an alarming rise in diarrhoea cases, prompting serious concern among health officials over the increasing number of patients.
An acute shortage of teachers has left Barishal University struggling to conduct academic activities smoothly, exacerbating students’ woes with prolonged session jams.
Although watermelon cultivation has surpassed the target and farmers are celebrating a bumper yield this season, prices remain three times higher in major cities than at farm-level rates in Barishal—one of the largest watermelon-producing hubs in Bangladesh.
The Char Fasson municipal authorities have been dumping household and clinical waste along the Bhola-Char Fasson regional highway for a long time, spreading unbearable stench and making life miserable for commuters, students, and local residents.
Siddique Majhi, a 55-year-old fisherman from Kuakata, has spent three decades fishing in the deep sea but has never been able to tune into Bangladesh Betar’s Barishal station.
For the past ten years, the radiotherapy machine at Barishal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital (SBMCH) has been out of order, leaving thousands of cancer patients in the region without access to a critical part of their treatment.
The unfinished city gates at the two ends of Barishal city have been around for a long time as a symbol of the authority’s unplanned constructions.
Hilsa is typically not associated with winter. But surprisingly, this year’s cold season has brought about a change with that in Barishal, as large hilsa fish are being netted, which have set the division’s wholesale markets buzzing.
A total of 166 mango trees in front of Barishal’s Bakerganj Upazila Parishad office have been cut down by authorities.
Even those who need treatment are wary of visiting the Covid-19 unit of Sher-e-Bangla Medical College and Hospital (SBMCH) at Barishal, citing a major lack of resources and a dirty environment.
Yogurt producers and traders of a southern upazila made famous for the sweet dairy product are eagerly waiting for better days to come through an end of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
College teacher Moshfeka Begum was diagnosed with breast cancer six years ago. At 59, her vision for a long life was suddenly blurred by this revelation. She was devastated.
The news of two minors who were shackled to a tree at a rehabilitation centre spread like wildfire across social media recently.
