Locals left stranded as bridge collapses
A severely worn-out iron bridge over the Baje Shinduk canal in Barguna’s Amtali upazila collapsed recently, raising concerns over disruptions in the daily commute of around one lakh people from six unions in Amtali, Kalapara, and Galachipa upazilas.
13 May 2025, 18:00 PM
Fish enclosures being set up in reserve forest
Fish enclosures are being set up by clearing reserve forestland in Barguna’s Taltali upazila, allegedly in collusion with some forest officials, according to locals
11 May 2025, 12:48 PM
Over 50 sluice gates need urgent repairs
Farmers in Patuakhali's Kalapara in peril amid saltwater intrusion
11 May 2025, 11:37 AM
A hospital without doctors
The Kuakata 20-bed Hospital exists only in name, as it currently has no doctors, severely disrupting healthcare services for both residents and tourists.
29 April 2025, 18:00 PM
Potters in Patuakhali gear up for Baishakh
With Pahela Baishakh just around the corner, the air in several villages of Baufal upazila in Patuakhali is thick with the scent of wet clay and fresh paint.
11 April 2025, 20:23 PM
‘He’d still be alive had those in power cared’
Ashiqur Rahman Hridoy, 16, was hit with 35 shotgun pellets -- three of them lodged in his head -- during a protest against the state crackdown on quota reform demonstrators in Dhaka’s Jatrabari on July 18.
6 April 2025, 18:00 PM
River land grabbed for farming
Locals have allegedly been encroaching on the Rabnabad river in Patuakhali’s Galachipa upazila to cultivate watermelon.
5 April 2025, 21:00 PM
Beach encroached for hotel project in Kuakata
What began as a makeshift market on the sands of Kuakata Sea Beach in Patuakhali, is now creeping illegally toward the shoreline to make way for a two-storey residential hotel and restaurant, allege locals.
4 April 2025, 20:25 PM
Dykes, land, houses under threat
Indiscriminate sand lifting from the Ramnabad river poses threat to agricultural lands, flood control embankments and dwelling houses in Char Joybangla area under Galachipa upazila of Patuakhali.
18 July 2019, 18:00 PM
Houses mushrooming in project area for false claim
Thousands of new houses are suddenly springing up in the middle of farmlands in nine mouzas of Kalapara upazila where the authorities recently issued acquisition notices to land owners for Payra sea port project.
17 July 2019, 18:00 PM
Brutal Murder at Barguna: Key accused used to stalk Rifat’s wife
The two attackers, who hacked Barguna youth Rifat Sharif to death in front of his wife in broad daylight, are listed drug peddlers and accused in multiple narcotics and mugging cases.
27 June 2019, 18:00 PM
10 govt offices run with acting officers for years
Services in ten government offices at newly formed Rangabali upazila are greatly hampered due to acute shortage of manpower.
10 June 2019, 18:00 PM
Shortage of doctors cripples health service in Patuakhali
Health service in Patuakhali is limping amid severe manpower crisis as 69 doctors are presently working against 228 posts at different health institutions including hospital, health complex and health centres in the district’s eight upazilas.
22 May 2019, 18:00 PM
Riverbank grabbed by traders
A section of brick and sand traders has started grabbing land on the bank of Ramnabad river in Galachipa upazila headquarters. About three acres of land on the riverbank have already been grabbed.
16 May 2019, 18:00 PM
Coastal forest under threat
Tengragiri reserve forest in Barguna’s Taltali upazila faces extinction due to erosion by the Bay. Furthermore, indiscriminate looting of trees threatens the forest, also known as Fatrarban forest.
14 May 2019, 18:00 PM
Fani ruins farmers’ days before harvest
It was only a few days to go until farmer Ruhul Amin’s crops would be ready for harvest, but during Cyclone Fani, everything got ruined.
4 May 2019, 18:00 PM
Rakhine land grabbed in Barguna
Around 70 acres of agricultural land of some 20 Rakhine people have allegedly been grabbed by a private company for setting up a coal-fired power plant in Barguna’s Taltali upazila.
25 April 2019, 18:00 PM
Fish stocks under threat as use of current nets on
Indiscriminate use of current nets is threatening extinction of fish stock in the Bay and its adjacent rivers in the coastal areas of Barguna.
27 March 2019, 18:00 PM
Bid to save Rakhine language
In an attempt to save the Rakhine language from extinction, 60-year-old Kra Thum Sein Master, a leader of the community, has been running a school at his Taltalipara house in Barguna's Taltali upazila for years now.
21 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Instant electricity connection
With no electricity connection to his newly built home, Md Shahin Fakir was sitting idle at home on a Thursday morning when he heard someone chanting offers of power connections over megaphone.
14 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Most brick kilns burn wood, use illegal drum chimneys
Most owners of brick kilns in Amtali upazila of Barguna do not comply with any rules set by the government. Most of their kilns use illegal drum chimneys, consume firewood as fuel and many of them even have sawmills on the yard.
12 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Poor navigability affects water transport
Shoals on around 33 kilometres of waterways are posing threats to water vessels operating on Patuakhali-Dhaka and Barguna-Dhaka routes.
11 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Red crabs under threat in Kuakata
About five km east from Kuakata zero point and nearly three km west from Kuakata main point in Kalapara upazila, there lies an attractive spot -- Lal Kakrar Char (shoal of red crab) – giving a picturesque look for the tourists from home and abroad.
29 January 2019, 18:00 PM
32 schools run with few students
Although Mayda Government Primary School under Amragachhia union in Mirzaganj upazila was established in 1940, the institution is facing serious student crisis.
21 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Hilsa habitats under threat
The government has approved multiple power projects near hilsa sanctuaries in Patuakhali coastal area, posing a threat to the breeding and nurturing of the national fish.
14 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Schoolground turns into paddy land
The palyground of a school in Barguna's Betagi upazila remians covered with plants most of the year as the school authorities cultivate
22 December 2018, 18:00 PM
Defying court's order, 50 shops built on khas land
Defying a court's stay order, a local influential person has built 50 shops on 45 decimals of khas land in Barguna's Amtali upazila.
29 November 2018, 18:00 PM
Dilapidated foot rail
Visitors have been suffering a lot due to the dilapidated condition of the lone foot rail in Horinghata reserve forest area in Barguna and lack of other facilities.
26 November 2018, 18:00 PM