Sohrab Hossain

Over 10,000 people of four villages of Nilganj union in Kalapara upazila under the district are suffering a lot as the bridge on Ural canal has became unusable after a few wooden sleeppers of it broke under the pressure of a paddy-laden improvised van on Friday. Seven people received minor injuries due to the accident. Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) constructed the bridge with iron structure and wooden slippers in 1992-93 fiscal year to ease communication from Uttar Nilganj, Faridganj, Naubhanga and Nilganj villages to Kalapara upazila headquarters.

A section of local people are building closures and removing water with power pumps to catch fish in different canals of mangrove forest areas in coastal islands under the district, causing harm to the bio-diversity there.

With most of the sleepers broken or displaced, the iron bridge on Humoibunia canal in Amragachhia union of Mirzaganj upazila under the district remains virtually useless for three years, much to the sufferings of thousands of people.

The chirping sound of migratory birds pierces the silence at Char Moazzin in Patuakhali district.

Good yield of aman paddy fails to bring smile to the farmers in the district as the present market prices are too low

An illegally set up charcoal field near four educational institutions in Kalaiya Bazar area of Baufal upazila under the district poses health

Shortly before sunset, hundreds of birds routinely descend upon Patuakhali town's police station. Attracted by a

Brick kilns in Patuakhali and Barguna districts are illegally using firewood instead of coal to fire the kilns. On

Over 15 thousand people of Kuakata municipality in Kalapara upazila under the district are deprived of basic civic amenities as the

Twelve people belonging to two Hindu families of Alipur village in Kalapara upazila under the district had to leave their houses

Brick kilns have been set up on agricultural land in different areas of Patuakhali and Barguna districts.

A number of trunks of dead trees have surfaced in a portion of Kuakata sea beach, causing disturbance to free movement of visitors in

Saline water is entering vast agricultural lands at Fashipara village in Kalapara upazila under the district following collapse of a sluice gate

Treatment at Kochchhopkhali community clinic housed at the family welfare centre (FWC) in Kalapara upazila under the district has

A salinity-tolerant variety of jute sees successful cultivation in Kalapara upazila under the district, much to the happiness of farmers and agriculture officials.

Treatment seekers from different areas of the district are suffering a lot as 40 out of 58 posts of doctors at the 250-bed Patuakhali

Two local influential men have continued building permanent structures occupying lands of Kalaiya canal in Baufal upazila under the district, defying orders issued by the local land office.

Robbers abducted at least 50 fishermen from 25 trawlers in the Bay when they were fishing near Fearboya area, about 50 km to the

River erosion threatens the country's largest seed farm covering 1,044 acres of land in Dashmina upazila under the district.

Two coconut and tamarisk gardens along the Kuakata sea beach are on the verge of extinction as erosion during the monsoon season