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A maund (37.3kg) of hog plums currently sells for Tk 750-800 in wholesale markets. Photo: Star

Picked too soon: The dilemma facing Pirojpur’s hog plum growers

8 August 2026
Small growers harvest early to avoid damage from birds, theft and waterlogging, but risk missing much higher prices later
8 August 2026
 Pirojpur Guava Gardens & Floating Market

Guava season turns Pirojpur orchards into floating tourist trail

8 August 2026
Over a lakh visitors are estimated to flock yearly to watch farmers ferry fruit through canal markets
8 August 2026
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Nazirpur upazila in Pirojpur: Rain causes losses for sapling growers

8 August 2026
Farmers producing vegetable saplings on floating seedbeds in Pirojpur’s Nazirpur upazila have been counting losses due to sharp drop in market demand amid prolonged rainfall.
8 August 2026
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1974 famine gave birth to this salt-making craft. Now it's fading away

1 August 2026
For more than 50 years, workers in Pirojpur have turned discarded industrial brine into edible salt. Rising costs and factory closures now threaten to end the tradition
1 August 2026
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Guava growers cash in on supply crunch

30 July 2026
Guava farmers in Pirojpur’s Nesarabad upazila and neighbouring Jhalakathi Sadar upazila are enjoying record prices this season after production fell sharply.
30 July 2026
Guava Prices Bangladesh

Guava growers cash in on supply crunch

29 July 2026
Anthracnose and pest damage have cut yields to a third of previous years' levels
29 July 2026
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Nesarabad in Pirojpur / Hog plum gains ground in guava country

28 July 2026
For generations, guava has defined the identity of Nesarabad’s floating market in Pirojpur.
28 July 2026
hog plum farming in Bangladesh

Beyond guava: The rise of hog plum in Bangladesh's floating orchard belt

27 July 2026
Higher returns and growing demand are encouraging farmers in Pirojpur's Nesarabad and Jhalakathi Sadar to diversify, creating a new chapter in the region's fruit economy
27 July 2026
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Wheat grass enlisted as cheap, quality fodder in Pirojpur

It's easy enough to get sidetracked on Youtube. About a month ago, when farmer Alamgir Hossain, 55, from Pirojpur town, was
17 December 2017

Pirojpur, a witness to Pak army's brutality

During the Liberation War, Pirojpur town saw horrible scenes of brutalities by Pakistan occupation army.
12 December 2017
Sparrows hiding in the leaves

Nature Quest: The Den of Sparrows

Every afternoon, thousands of sparrows from different areas of Pirojpur town congregate in a little banyan tree in Pirojpur Old Bus Terminal.
26 October 2017
Shipbuilders get more time to reschedule loans

A haven for shipbuilders

A place of encircling rivers and canals, Pirojpur's Nesarabad upazila is nestled along the banks of the Sandha River. It's a deltaic landscape that has proven a natural haven for shipbuilders. Every day, at an ever-growing number of shipyards, Nesarabad bustles with activity as new ships, small and large, are brought to life.
23 September 2017
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Fund constraints the obstacle

Struggling with family poverty from childhood, Syeda Jannatul Ferdaus Rima had a dream to shine in life through technical education.
5 September 2017
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Shitalpati mat-weaving tradition at risk

For well over a century the people of Subidpur village in Pirojpur's Kawkhali upazila have been producing naturally cool shitalpati mats
22 June 2017
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Mother stands for comfort, but who will comfort mother?

It's natural for mothers to worry about their children. But Hoshney Ara, 60, a widow originally from Anuraag village in Jhalakathi's
20 June 2017
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Fortune smiles on banana growers in Pirojpur

Banana cultivation has changed the economic condition of the people living on the banks of the Baleshwar river in the district.
21 May 2017
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Children denied playing facilities at school

Children of most of the government primary schools in Pirojpur are deprived of sports and recreation facilities due to lack of sufficient
27 April 2017
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Market that sells labour

Day labourers from different places gather at Boithakata Bazar in Nazirpur upazila to sell their labour on haat days on every Saturday
25 April 2017
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Momin mosque: A national treasure suffers from decay

Take design of leaf, flower and geometric pattern; add calligraphy in Arabic and Bangla.
12 April 2017
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Sunflowers brighten fields, farmers' lives in Pirojpur

Sunflowers add joy to any landscape. The sunflower fields of Pirojpur are painting the district bright. And beyond their visual beauty, to farmers sunflower cultivation brings good profits.
22 March 2017
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Ancient building's origin unknown

At Sikderbari on the Indurkani to Bagolerhat road in Pirojpur's Gabachiya village is a small, ancient building of unknown origin.
14 March 2017

An unpaid debt

He had taken Tk 5 from his brother, saying he would return it one day. But Kazi Delwar Hossain never got the chance.
27 February 2017
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Vanishing ponds raise fire risk in Pirojpur

Even a decade ago, Pirojpur was a town adorned with ponds. As land prices have soared in recent years however, many of the town's
21 February 2017
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Witness to Satidaha

Five tombs of the victims of Satidaha, a long abandoned practice of burning Hindu widows along with their deceased husbands, still exist in front of Pirojpur District Ansar and VDP office at Kumarkhali in Pirojpur municipality area.
1 February 2017
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A boy extraordinaire

Twelve-year-old Rafi is already a well known figure in the area, being a captivating performer of different physical feats.
31 January 2017

Farmers frustrated for low yield, price fall

Betel nut growers in the district are frustrated as both the production and the price have fallen this year.
22 October 2016

Tension ahead of Oct 31poll at a union centre

A tense situation is prevailing in ward No 8 of Dhanisafa union of Mathbaria upazila under the district ahead of the
22 October 2016
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Pirojpur malta farming sees great success

Finding no job after his graduation, Amalesh Roy, now 52, decides to try his luck at farming on his father’s land in Pirojpur.
18 October 2016

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