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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
Pioneer in malta farming
Unable to get a job after graduating, Amalesh started growing malta on his paternal land after cutting down betel
8 October 2016
A family devastated by B virus
B virus has brought immense distress to a poor family at Jolagati village in Kawkhali upazila under the district.
8 August 2016
Shopping gets momentum in Pirojpur as Eid nears
People are thronging different shopping centres in the district town to buy dresses of choice as Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest religious
4 July 2016
Land documents damaged at Pirojpur registrar's office
People requiring copies of their land documents from Pirojpur district registrar's (DR) office face untold suffering as a large portion of
3 January 2016
Erosion threatens ferry terminal in Pirojpur
The ferry terminal at Kumirmara point of Kumirmara-Bekutia ferry route in Pirojpur Sadar upazila is under threat as the Kacha River has
5 October 2015
Outdoor patients suffer due to lack of toilet facility
Patients coming to Pirojpur Sadar Hospital for outdoor service have to face untold sufferings in absence of toilet facilities there.
23 September 2015
Hog plum yield aplenty in Pirojpur
Growers and wholesalers of hog plum, locally known as amra, are passing a busy time with plucking, selling and buying the popular
3 September 2015
Grape farming in home yards sees success
Grape cultivation in home yards sees success at Baroibunia village in Matibhanga union of Nazirpur upazila under the district.
18 June 2015
A father's bleeding heart
IT'S an utterly haunting recollection of my lost son Shaheed Colonel Quadrat Elahi Rahman Shafique, ndc, psc. From his very childhood he appeared to be extremely sharp and meritorious. He was known as one of the most brilliant officers in the Bangladesh Army.
24 February 2015