Sushanta Ghosh

The Cardiac Care Unit (CCU) of Barishal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital (SBMCH) is not in operational condition. Its only angiogram machine is not working, and all its air conditioners are out of order, which means the unit is barely functioning.

Two men were killed and at least 10 more injured in a clash between two groups of the ruling Awami League in Barishal’s Mehendiganj upazila.

Like other parts of the country, shops in the Khulna and Barishal divisions have become inundated with customers ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest religious festival in Bangladesh.

The stock of vaccines in Barishal division is running out quickly. According to Barishal Divisional Health Office, the vaccines would get used up in the next nine days only.

The stock of vaccines in Barishal division is running out quickly. According to Barishal Divisional Health Office, the vaccines would get used up in the next nine days only.

Although the number of diarrhoea patients in Barishal division has decreased, officials said the threat is far from being over.

By the time April of 1971 was coming to an end, the Pakistan army started to form an idea of Barishal as a bastion of freedom fighters. The onslaught first began on the 18th of that month. They attacked Barishal city with a barrage of bombs.

The two-month ban on fishing at six hilsa sanctuaries is going to end today (Friday) at midnight.

“This is the biggest triumph of my life,” said Ziaul Hassan, who was over the moon after successfully taking his ailing mother to the hospital on his

The widespread cases of diarrhoea in Barishal division is due to the presence of cholera-causing germs in rivers and canals, from where water is being taken and used for household work, Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) and Barishal Civil Surgeon Office have confirmed.

The diarrhoea situation in Barishal division has become “severe”, with cases spreading to 18 out of 40 upazilas in six districts. On top of that, intravenous (IV) fluids like saline have suddenly gone out of stock in many places across the division.

“This is the only work we know. When our incomes are cut off from this, we don’t have anywhere else to go,” said Shamsuddin, a loading worker at Barishal River Port.

Supply of hilsa from the Barishal wholesale market to Dhaka has started in a limited scale.

Two supporters of rival Dakshin Ulania union chairperson candidates were killed in a clash in Barishal’s Mehendiganj upazila early yesterday.

Pahela Baishakh is just three days away. But for the second year in a row, the day is set to be less of an occasion for joy and more like just another day spent at home.

Fishermen and fish traders have found themselves in hot water as the ongoing nationwide pandemic restrictions have hampered sales ahead of Pahela Baishakh, the first day of the Bangla calendar.

Despite a bumper yield of watermelon in Barishal division, the top producer of the popular summer fruit, farmers and traders fear massive losses because of the new containment measures aimed at curbing the rise in coronavirus infections.

Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital (SBMCH) in Barishal -- one of the major healthcare centres in the country’s southern region -- lacks handwashing facilities for visitors at outpatient departments that have seen a swelling crowd in recent times, increasing the risk of rapid transmission of coronavirus from there amid the second wave.

With coronavirus infection rate increasing in Barishal every day, the district administration has instructed people to strictly follow health guidelines.

In line with the recent government mandate, launch fares on the Barishal-Dhaka launch route were supposed to increase by 60 percent. But much like the overcharging going on in land, passengers of the waterways say they are being charged at least twice the usual fare on the route.