Sohrab Hossain

Severe seed crisis has made the aus paddy growers of the coastal district anxious, thanks to the negligence of Bangladesh Agriculture

People of nine unions in Kalapara upazila of the district are getting services from the union parishads (UP) by raising their voices at

The shifting geography of the country's southern coast creates both opportunity and challenge. Eight remote shoals twenty kilometres

Animals in Sonakata Eco-Park in Tangargiri reserve forest under Taltoli upazila of Barguna are facing food crisis due

Movement of vessels is being greatly hampered due to emergence of chars (landmass rising from riverbed) in the Payra and Biskhali

The importance of one's mother tongue is perhaps nowhere better understood than in Bangladesh. A mother tongue is an

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.

Different real estate companies and some local influential people have grabbed over 400 acres of reserve forestland in Kuakata of the

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.

Over 50 families are living amid life risk in 12 buildings of the staff quarters of Patuakhali West Zone Power

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

Under-aged Sadia was married to a young man of Shrirampur village, showing her to be marriageable by a registrar

Patuakhali Latif Municipal Seminary, a famous non-government secondary level educational institution, is celebrating

The Kuakata sea beach area sees gradual encroachment as a section of people are making illegal structures in the picturesque tourist

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.

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.

Over 150 primary school buildings in seven out of eight upazilas in Patuakhali district have become badly damaged

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.

After illegally occupying a 1.57 acre plot of land donated under Islamic law for charitable purpose, known as a waqf estate, a Jubo

Illegal structures are springing up along the Kuakata beach ignoring a High Court directive issued five years ago.