MV Abhijan-10 Fire: Locals blame staffers for loss of lives
Locals, who rescued many passengers after MV Abhijan-10 caught fire early on December 24 in Jhalakathi, said most of the lives perished in the tragedy could have been saved had the launch staffers acted responsibly.
29 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Launch fire tragedy : It was too much, even for the strongest
Professional duties called numerous people to Jiakul village and neighbouring areas in Jhalakathi. The areas are adjacent to the Sugandha river, where MV Abhijan-10 caught fire early Friday, resulting in 42 deaths and over hundred cases of injury.
27 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Who will marry off Hafsa now?
Pakhi and Hakim Sharif were done choosing a groom for their elder daughter Hafsa.
25 December 2021, 18:00 PM
The man who ‘smuggled’ freedom fighters
Royes Uddin Pashari did not plan to get involved with the Liberation War. Before it began, he was already one of the richest people in Pirojpur, so there was little incentive for him to get swept away by the sirens of the battlefield.
6 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Pirates prowling the Bay again
Panic has gripped fishers in Pirojpur and Barguna after incidents of piracy rose sharply along the coast of the two districts in the past several weeks.
27 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Fishing in Bay: Stymied by poor catch, lengthy ban
For the past three years, the government has been imposing 65 days of fishing ban in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of Bangladesh at Bay of Bengal.
11 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Caught in the cycle
“Without his income, we are powerless,” says Nasima Begum, 30, a resident of the Kholpatua village in Pirojpur, when speaking about her husband,
26 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Five illegal brick kilns in one village!
Several unauthorised brick kilns have been removing earth from the embankment along the Katcha river in Indurkani upazila for over a year, but the authorities still seem to be oblivious of the criminal act.
3 March 2021, 18:00 PM
When passion makes way for profession
Many people rear pigeon as a hobby. But not too many of them ever come close to turning it into a source of income.
14 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Guava rotting in garden as demand falls amid Covid-19 pandemic
Believe it or not, guava is selling at Tk 5 per kg at the wholesale markets in Pirojpur, Jhalakathi and Barishal districts.
11 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Pirojpur boat sellers in utter despair
The fall in production of guavas and hog plums has affected the sale of boat significantly, leaving the boat sellers in utter despair amid coronavirus outbreak in Nesarabad upazila of the district.
23 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Locals receiving ‘wrong treatment’ amid pandemic
Many ordinary people are compelled to receive ‘wrong treatment’ from so-called local doctors amid the pandemic. In some cases, such treatment has even led to the death of the patient.
6 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Regular flooding a woe for them
Over three thousand people of Togra and Umedpur villages beside the Kacha river in Indurkani upazila under Pirojpur are suffering as no permanent embankment was made to protect them from regular tidal waves after super cyclone Sidr destroyed an earthen embankment there on November 15 in 2007.
2 June 2020, 18:00 PM
No Baishakhi fair this year, earning eludes potters
The ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus has brought added worry to the potters, especially earthen toy makers in Pirojpur, as the items made for sale during the Baishakhi fair will remain largely unsold due to ban on gatherings to check the infection.
7 April 2020, 18:00 PM
No inpatient service for 12yrs
Over a decade into construction of Indurkani Upazila Health Complex, the inpatient service at the hospital is yet to start providing health facilities, causing immense sufferings to treatment seekers.
23 February 2020, 18:00 PM
Cashing in on cricket mania
Abdul Latif Bepary, who passed away in 2012, was said to be the country’s first carpenter to produce cricket bats.
10 February 2020, 18:00 PM
Once broke, Naren gains solvency by fish farming
Completely broke after failed attempt to go abroad six years ago, Naren Halder is now a successful fish farmer.
13 October 2019, 18:00 PM
The women behind Pirojpur’s floating agriculture
Local women in Pirojpur’s wetland areas play a vital role in floating agriculture that is recognised by Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN as one of the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems.
8 October 2019, 18:00 PM
Stalkers at bay after two accused arrested
Stalkers are hardly seen in the streets of Bhandaria upazila of Pirojpur as police promptly arrested two delinquents including the main accused in the case for instigating the suicide of schoolgirl Rukaiya Rupa.
3 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Fishermen pass hard time as compensation scanty
Hundreds of fishermen in the district have been passing their days in hardship due to a 65-day ban, which began from May 20, on fishing in the Bay.
8 July 2019, 18:00 PM