Impact of Covid-19: Jhalakathi lemon growers feel the pinch
18 June 2020
Despite high demand at retail markets where it is selling for good prices, lemon growers are failing to sell the produce at profitable rates due to a drop in the number of interested buyers at Bhimruli wholesale market in Jhalakathi Sadar.
18 June 2020
Amphan, a bolt from the blue
21 May 2020
It’s water, water everywhere. Strong current coupled by the fierce gales has inundated almost everything that can be seen through the eerie darkness. Women and children have been huddled in a boat tied up with a tree in a nearby jungle with men straining every nerve to survive the perilous night by grasping something firm.
21 May 2020
Dr Manisha to the rescue
2 April 2020
As the crisis originating from the coronavirus deepens, people, especially the poor and needy, are looking up to their local leaders to deliver.
2 April 2020
Shortage of testing kits worry Barishal doctors
25 March 2020
An inadequate supply of testing kits to detect the novel coronavirus across Barishal division has become a headache for doctors in the region.
25 March 2020
‘How I will buy food for my family’: Daily wage earners counting losses during coronavirus outbreak
22 March 2020
As some people with more regularised jobs and businesses gradually begin to work from home or enter stay-home modes across the country, livelihoods of low-income people are being hit hard.
22 March 2020
Demand high, pay low
21 March 2020
Coconut grower Shahinur was shocked to see how a single green coconut was being sold for Tk 80 in Barishal city near Sher-E-Bangla Medical College Hospital. But, at her village, in close proximity to the city, she recently sold each coconut to traders for only Tk 12.
21 March 2020
A noble initiative for fishermen’s literacy
4 March 2020
Fishermen of Elisha village and nearby areas in Bhola Sadar upazila can now aspire to be literate as a group of local youths under the banner of East Elisha Foundation, a voluntary organisation, started a school for them.
4 March 2020
Extension Building of Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital / 10 years in the making
25 February 2020
How long does it take to complete a two-year project for constructing a medical facility? For a government hospital struggling to cope with patient flow, the answer is more than a decade.
25 February 2020
Rifat Murder Case: Four accused still at large
A month has passed since the murder of Barguna youth Rifat Sharif, but the police are yet to trace four accused named in the FIR of the murder case.
26 July 2019
Big thugs of a small town
Long before their alleged involvement in the killing of Rifat Sharif, brothers Rifat Farazi and Rishan Farazi were already known as two terrorising figures in the small town of Barguna.
24 July 2019
Minni’s family gripped by sense of insecurity
Even a month ago, their household was like that of any other family’s. They would spend time together, have meals together, and sometimes children would play on their yard.
22 July 2019
Teacher hacked in Barishal village
A schoolteacher was hacked by a group of students in Barishal’s Muladi upazila on Thursday after he protested derogatory statements written against him on the school wall recently.
19 July 2019
Trawler Capsize: 17 fishermen still missing
Perennial poverty have lately forced hundreds of fishermen to sail their vessels into the Bay of Bengal for deep sea fishing, ignoring a government ban.
11 July 2019
Barguna Murder: Another key suspect held
Police arrested Rifat Farazi, an accused in the sensational Rifat murder case, on Tuesday night, a day after prime accused Nayan Bond was shot dead in what officers said was a gunfight.
3 July 2019
Slow-moving vehicles pose risk during Eid
Azad Hawlader was going to his village home in Jhalakathi from Dhaka along with his family to celebrate Eid. On the way, they faced a road accident, and he and his wife had to be taken to a hospital on Saturday.
2 June 2019
Unmarked speed bumps a nightmare for commuters in Barishal
Speed-breakers are meant to slow vehicles’ speed, which eventually maintain traffic discipline and curb accidents. But when these bumps are not marked to ensure visibility, they can cause more accidents than they prevent.
28 May 2019
8 days in jail for crime he knew nothing about
Suddenly one day, he came to know that he has a second wife. He was also told he even tortured that woman for her father’s failure to pay him Tk 1 lakh in dowry.
Sazzadul Haque, executive director of Barishal-based Zam-Zam Nursing Institute, was in utter shock and disbelief when he was told
16 May 2019
On night of fright, trees their saviour
Several hundred people in Dhal Char union of Bhola’s Charfassion upazila had to take shelter in the jungle like “primitive people” during the Friday night’s cyclonic storm Fani as there is no cyclone shelter in the island of about 17,000 people.
4 May 2019
Unabated Poaching: Number of deer in Monpura forest on decline
Unabated poaching of spotted deer is threatening the species to become endangered in Bhola's Monpura forest.
28 March 2019
Brick chips used in highway!
Although the use of stone chips is mandatory for carpeting of important roads, the designated contractor of Rajapur part of the under-construction Barishal-Pathorghata highway has been using brick chips with low quality chips, locals claimed.
26 March 2019
Passengers exposed to high risk
Many auto-rickshaws in Barishal city are using household gas cylinders, exposing passengers to high risk of accidents, according to the Department of Explosives (DoE).
23 March 2019
Manpura forests in peril
Felling of trees by “influential people” is damaging the biodiversity of Bhola's Manpura Island, making it prone to natural disasters.
12 March 2019
Holding on to what's left
Apart from being a boon to the city and its residents, canals also enhance the scenic beauty of their respective locales. They are perfect locations for taking a breather when city life wears one down.
10 March 2019
In grabbers' clutches
In a bid to stretch usable land, people have been encroaching canals flowing through Barishal city.
28 February 2019
Only in memories
Even a few years ago, Barishal did not witness much waterlogging that the city is experiencing nowadays.
25 February 2019
Misreading chest pain for acidity jeopardises patient's life
A heart attack victim has been thrust upon death's doorstep as wrong diagnosis and treatment in a Barishal-based private clinic has increased the patient's chance of sustaining permanent and irreparable damage.
19 November 2018
Patients suffer due to mad rush at Barishal river terminal
Cancer patient Ali Hossain Khan chose launch to go to Dhaka for his appointment with an oncologist there on Friday. But he failed to manage any cabin on any launch for two consecutive days since Thursday.
11 November 2018
Justice put on hold
Scores of litigants are forced to wait for justice in different criminal cases including murder and rape in Barishal region, as more than a hundred forensic reports have been pending with Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital (SBMCH) for the last five months.
7 November 2018