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Sohrab Hossain

Our Correspondent, Patuakhali

Golden-green Aman paddy kindles hope for Patuakhali farmers

Favourable weather boosts production, but salinity concerns persist in low-lying areas
9 November 2025, 13:28 PM
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World Food Day / Nutrition becomes luxury for the poor amid high prices

The long queues at OMS trucks depict a harsh reality as Bangladesh continues to struggle with high inflation
15 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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Kuakata Hospital / A health centre with no doctors

The 20-bed hospital in Kuakata has once again been left without doctors, virtually suspending healthcare services for both tourists and residents.
14 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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The ‘boat village’ of Barguna

Keeping a 200-year tradition afloat
12 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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No safe waters for mother hilsa

Even amid intensified monitoring to protect mother hilsa during the ongoing 22-day fishing ban, illegal fishing continues unabated across five sanctuaries.
8 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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Despite drone patrols, illegal hilsa fishing continues unabated

Officials report fishermen resorting to violence when intercepted during drives
8 October 2025, 06:03 AM
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HILSA BAN HARDSHIP / Fishermen get just over half maund of rice for 22 days

Thousands of fishermen across the coastal belt are enduring hardship during the fishing ban
7 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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Eco-tourism in Barguna: Neglect dims Harin Ghata’s charm

The once-pristine Harin Ghata eco-tourism site in Barguna’s Patharghata upazila is steadily losing its appeal due to prolonged neglect and lack of maintenance.
3 October 2025, 20:30 PM
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Country's largest seed farm at risk

Flooding and erosion threatens the country's largest seed farm covering 1,044 acres of land in Dashmina upazila under the district.
20 April 2016, 18:00 PM
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Watermelon farmers happy with high yield, good price

Watermelon farmers in Patuakhali district are very happy due to a bumper yield and good prices this year. Watermelons from this area
10 April 2016, 18:00 PM
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Saline water damages crops on hundreds of acres

Different crops including watermelon, teel, mustard, maize, chilli, ground nut, and dal on several hundred acres of land at Devpur
7 April 2016, 18:00 PM
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Thousands suffer as bridge lies incomplete halfway

Thousands of people of Patuakhali Sadar and Galachipa upazilas are suffering as a 12.50-kilometre-long road, completed three years ago, cannot be opened for vehicular movement due to non-completion of a girder bridge for three years.
6 April 2016, 18:00 PM
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Upper half of 6,000 trees cut for electric line

The Rural Electrification Board (REB) cut down the upper half of over 6,000 trees under the social forestation project on 17-km-long area of Patuakhali-Betagi road to run a high voltage power line from Patuakhali district town to Betagi upazila headquarters in Barguna district.
5 April 2016, 18:00 PM
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Pest attacks sunflowers just a month before harvest

Sunflower farmers in the coastal districts of Patuakhai and Barguna are facing losses this season as leaves are dying due to an
31 March 2016, 18:00 PM
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Ex-UP chairman felling trees on school ground

An influential person is felling trees on the ground of Syed Jafor Government Primary School in Dashmina upazila under the district.
27 March 2016, 18:00 PM
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Criminals busy making it barren

A few gangs are plundering trees from the reserve forest at Gangamati near Kuakata of Patuakhali.
27 March 2016, 18:00 PM
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Acute drinking water crisis grips coastal people

Most of the one lakh people living in 17 coastal islands belonging to Baufal upazila under the district are suffering for want of safe
22 March 2016, 18:00 PM
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Jatka netting, sale go on openly defying ban

Illegally netted jatka (hilsa less than 10 inches long) is on open sale at markets in the district, despite a countrywide
20 March 2016, 18:00 PM
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Watermelon plants dying days before harvest

Watermelon farmers of the district are facing losses this season as the melon vines are dying in different areas due to 'wilting' disease, just two weeks before harvest.
16 March 2016, 18:00 PM
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PM opens 2 bridges on Kuakata road today

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will formally open Shaheed Sheikh Kamal Bridge and Shaheed Sheikh Jamal Bridge on Patuakhali-Kuakata road through a video conference from her office in the capital today.
24 February 2016, 18:00 PM
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Villagers suffer as road, culvert in awful state

Around 10,000 people of eight villages of Athorogachia union in Amtali upazila under Barguna district are suffering as the work for
18 February 2016, 18:00 PM
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Cooperative firm vanishes with depositors' money

Officials of a cooperative firm in Dumki upazila under the district have disappeared after embezzling several crore taka from over a
16 February 2016, 18:00 PM
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Diseases in potato worry Patuakhali farmers

Potato farmers in Galachipa upazila under the district are worried as late blight and scab diseases affected the fields
16 February 2016, 18:00 PM
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250 hectares of reserve forest disappear in 5yrs

Erosion due to frequent hit by tidal surges causes depletion of the reserve forest in Kuakata sea beach, badly affecting the natural beauty of the picturesque tourist spot where the visitors can see both the sunrise and the sunset from the same spot.
11 February 2016, 18:00 PM
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Kalapara Town's lone canal grabbed, no action taken

The lone canal in Kalapara upazila town is nearly dead as local influential people have been filling it over several years. A few hundred
6 February 2016, 18:00 PM

8.4 tonnes of VGD rice embezzled

A union parishad (UP) member in Kalapara upazila under the district allegedly misappropriated 8.4 tonnes of rice meant for VGD (vulnerable group development) programme.
27 January 2016, 18:00 PM
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Two bridges on Patuakhali- Kuakata road await opening

One month into completion, Shaheed Sheikh Kamal Bridge and Shaheed Sheikh Jamal Bridge on Patuakhali-Kuakata road are yet to be opened for vehicular movement.
27 January 2016, 18:00 PM
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Tired of waiting for bridge repair

Locals through their voluntary service have made usable a bridge on Pakhimara canal under Kalapara upazila, after getting tired of long
21 January 2016, 18:00 PM

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