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
Hard to get safe water
The shifting geography of the country's southern coast creates both opportunity and challenge. Eight remote shoals twenty kilometres
30 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Fund crisis leaves Sonakata Eco-park animals hungry
Animals in Sonakata Eco-Park in Tangargiri reserve forest under Taltoli upazila of Barguna are facing food crisis due
29 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Chars make Payra, Biskhali rivers risky for vessels
Movement of vessels is being greatly hampered due to emergence of chars (landmass rising from riverbed) in the Payra and Biskhali
23 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Monk on a mission
The importance of one's mother tongue is perhaps nowhere better understood than in Bangladesh. A mother tongue is an
13 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Hope for physically challenged people
A van equipped with modern treatment facilities appears as a blessing for poor physically challenged people in the district, thanks to the initiative of Jatiya Protibondhi Unnayan Foundation under the government's social welfare ministry.
8 March 2017, 18:00 PM
400-acre Kuakata forestland grabbed
Different real estate companies and some local influential people have grabbed over 400 acres of reserve forestland in Kuakata of the
2 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Tourists lose interest in Kuakata eco-park
Tourists from home and abroad are losing interest in visiting the Kuakata eco-park, though it was one of the best tourist spots in the country, as its walkways, link road, wooden bridge and tamarisk garden are badly damaged.
7 January 2017, 18:00 PM
Risky living in shaky buildings
Over 50 families are living amid life risk in 12 buildings of the staff quarters of Patuakhali West Zone Power
5 January 2017, 18:00 PM
Brick kilns on agri lands
A brick kiln is being set up in Amtali upazila on about four acres of land by a ruling party leader, violating the law that prohibits
3 January 2017, 18:00 PM
To legalise child marriage!
Under-aged Sadia was married to a young man of Shrirampur village, showing her to be marriageable by a registrar
27 December 2016, 18:00 PM
100 years of Latif Seminary
Patuakhali Latif Municipal Seminary, a famous non-government secondary level educational institution, is celebrating
18 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Picturesque Kuakata loses beauty
The Kuakata sea beach area sees gradual encroachment as a section of people are making illegal structures in the picturesque tourist
6 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Grabbers' eyes on river Khakdan in Barguna
The Khakdan river flowing through Barguna town is being filled up by local influential people who are constructing illegal structures on both sides of the river.
29 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Fish drying starts in coast
Seasonal fish drying has started in the coastal areas of Bhola, Patuakhali and Barguna and thousands of people, including a good number of women and children, are now engaged in the job.
24 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Over 150 Patuakhali primary school buildings unfit for use
Over 150 primary school buildings in seven out of eight upazilas in Patuakhali district have become badly damaged
20 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Inoperative for four years
The only seismograph in the country's southern part at Patuakhali Science and Technology University (PSTU) has remained inoperative for four years due to lack of a sensor.
9 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Charcoal plant on waqf land
After illegally occupying a 1.57 acre plot of land donated under Islamic law for charitable purpose, known as a waqf estate, a Jubo
3 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Land grabbers at it again in Kuakata beach
Illegal structures are springing up along the Kuakata beach ignoring a High Court directive issued five years ago.
1 November 2016, 18:00 PM
WB project changes ultra poor women's livelihood
World Bank President Jim Yong Kim will visit Rakudia village in Babuganj upazila under the district tomorrow to hear the success stories
16 October 2016, 18:00 PM
Mobile Computer lab: Youths' IT training for self-employment
The Department of Youth Development (DYD) has taken an innovative step to provide training to the youth on using computer and browsing the internet in Amtali upazila of Barguna.
5 October 2016, 18:00 PM