Sohrab Hossain

Patients and their families have been suffering due to the unavailability of ambulance services at Patuakhali Medical College Hospital.

Lack of approach roads forces thousands to risk their lives daily in Patuakhali

Hanif Chowkidar, a farmer in Patuakhali’s Galachipa upazila, had planned to cultivate Aman paddy on 5.26 hectares this season. He spent around Tk 22,000 on four maunds (1 maund = 37.32kg) of seed and prepared a seedbed.

Patuakhali entrepreneur believes local antivenom production could cut imports and create jobs

A rare mangrove forest in Barguna’s Taltali upazila is facing growing pressure from unregulated tourism and attempts at unplanned development, raising concerns over the future of the fragile coastal ecosystem.

Patuakhali entrepreneur believes local antivenom production could cut imports and create jobs

Thousands of commuters and multiple businesses in Patuakhali’s Rangabali upazila have endured hardship for over a month after the Agunmukha river’s strong current severed a pontoon from the jetty at Koralia Launch Ghat, one of the upazila’s busiest river transport hubs.

Prasad Roy had big plans for this Aman season. Just last week, the farmer from Khalashi Bunia village in Khulna’s Batiaghata upazila prepared a 10-katha seedbed, hoping to raise enough saplings to plant across 17 bighas of paddy land.

Construction of the country’s ninth Export Processing Zone (EPZ) in Patuakhali is progressing, with 306 industrial plots now ready for allocation as the project begins attracting interest from foreign investors.

Over the past nine years, at least 140 dolphins have washed ashore on Kuakata’s beaches, but not a single death has been scientifically investigated.

Experts say Bangladesh lacks the facilities needed to investigate marine mammal deaths

Shoppers report rates slightly higher but still within reach

A bridge built at a cost of nearly Tk 3 crore in Latachapli union of Patuakhali’s Kalapara upazila has remained unusable for nearly a year due to the absence of approach roads, causing sufferings to locals.

Sunflower fields in coastal districts meet farmers’ edible oil needs, with scope to boost national supply beyond tourism appeal

The familiar roar of fishing trawlers has fallen silent along Patuakhali’s coast as a 58-day government ban on fishing in the Bay of Bengal takes effect -- an essential step for conserving marine resources, but one that is simultaneously straining the livelihoods of fishing communities and intensifying their financial hardship.

Three dolphins and three rare sea turtles have washed ashore, with experts calling the repeated deaths a warning sign

Fishermen say the ban comes on top of falling catches and fuel shortages

For many, negative real incomes have pushed protein off plates and now threaten a heavier debt burden

Fragile wooden crossing used for nearly two years as debris remains uncleared

An ice plant is being constructed by illegally grabbing and filling the Bura Gauranga riverbank in Char Montaz union under Rangabali upazila in Patuakhali, local residents alleged.