Susanta Ghosh

Two years have passed since the inauguration of Padma Bridge, but the southern region has still not managed to tap the potential brought about by the mega-project due to a lack of physical infrastructure and utilities.

Ignoring the party’s decision of boycotting the polls, at least two dozen leaders of the BNP and its associate bodies are likely to run for councillor in the June 12 Barishal city elections.

A probe committee investigating the deadly fire on the MV Abhijan-10 has found engine faults that might have caused the fire. The two engines were changed last month without following the rules, officials said yesterday.

Rawhide collection saw a 30 per cent year-on-year drop this year in Barishal thanks to a drastic fall in the number of animals sacrificed during Eid-ul-Azha because of the coronavirus outbreak.

By the end of this year’s monsoon a large number of big Hilsa are caught in southern part of the country.

"'Some people have attacked our house, please do something', I told Moni bhai. He asked me whether they were in uniform. I told his there was no way to see that as bullets were raining down," says Shahan Ara.

BNP mayoral candidate Mojibur Rahman Sarwar is wealthiest among the contestants in Barisal City Corporation Election with annual income of Tk 48.70 lakh from business, law practice, agriculture and other sources.