Hilsa catch falls, debts mount
19 August 2026
For Aker Ali Khan, 55, the peak hilsa season in the Tentulia river was supposed to be a time to earn enough to repay his debts and support his family for the rest of the year.
19 August 2026
The bridge that never came to be
17 August 2026
Khaleque Bhuiyan still remembers the day the piling equipment arrived at Payrakunj, seven kilometres from Patuakhali town, a spot where a bridge over the Payra river was finally meant to rise.
17 August 2026
Patuakhali pins hopes on EPZ for jobs, industrialisation
16 August 2026
A total of 306 plots will be created in the EPZ and divided into three categories
16 August 2026
200 trawlers stranded over ice shortage
13 August 2026
At the height of the hilsa season, when fishing trawlers should be crowding the Bay of Bengal, around 200 remain stranded at the Mahipur and Alipur fish landing centres in Patuakhali due to an acute shortage of ice caused by frequent load-shedding.
13 August 2026
Power cuts leave 200 hilsa trawlers stranded in Patuakhali for lack of ice
12 August 2026
Twenty ice factories struggle to meet demand as fishermen face soaring prices and prolonged delays at fishing ports
12 August 2026
Missing for 32 yrs, Achia finally calls home
9 August 2026
A Facebook post reunites a daughter with her long-lost family, but borders keep them apart
9 August 2026
15 doctors against 81 posts at Barguna hospital
9 August 2026
Barguna General Hospital, the district’s main government-run healthcare facility serving nearly 12 lakh people, has long been grappling with an acute shortage of doctors.
9 August 2026
Family card: A cushion for those struggling to get by
9 August 2026
On a low-lying island in Patuakhali, 32-year-old Tanjila Begum’s husband works irregularly as a day labourer in nearby watermelon fields, where seasonal tidal surges often destroy crops and wipe out daily earnings.
9 August 2026
Dykes, land, houses under threat
Indiscriminate sand lifting from the Ramnabad river poses threat to agricultural lands, flood control embankments and dwelling houses in Char Joybangla area under Galachipa upazila of Patuakhali.
18 July 2019
Houses mushrooming in project area for false claim
Thousands of new houses are suddenly springing up in the middle of farmlands in nine mouzas of Kalapara upazila where the authorities recently issued acquisition notices to land owners for Payra sea port project.
17 July 2019
Brutal Murder at Barguna: Key accused used to stalk Rifat’s wife
The two attackers, who hacked Barguna youth Rifat Sharif to death in front of his wife in broad daylight, are listed drug peddlers and accused in multiple narcotics and mugging cases.
27 June 2019
10 govt offices run with acting officers for years
Services in ten government offices at newly formed Rangabali upazila are greatly hampered due to acute shortage of manpower.
10 June 2019
Shortage of doctors cripples health service in Patuakhali
Health service in Patuakhali is limping amid severe manpower crisis as 69 doctors are presently working against 228 posts at different health institutions including hospital, health complex and health centres in the district’s eight upazilas.
22 May 2019
Riverbank grabbed by traders
A section of brick and sand traders has started grabbing land on the bank of Ramnabad river in Galachipa upazila headquarters. About three acres of land on the riverbank have already been grabbed.
16 May 2019
Coastal forest under threat
Tengragiri reserve forest in Barguna’s Taltali upazila faces extinction due to erosion by the Bay. Furthermore, indiscriminate looting of trees threatens the forest, also known as Fatrarban forest.
14 May 2019
Fani ruins farmers’ days before harvest
It was only a few days to go until farmer Ruhul Amin’s crops would be ready for harvest, but during Cyclone Fani, everything got ruined.
4 May 2019
Rakhine land grabbed in Barguna
Around 70 acres of agricultural land of some 20 Rakhine people have allegedly been grabbed by a private company for setting up a coal-fired power plant in Barguna’s Taltali upazila.
25 April 2019
Fish stocks under threat as use of current nets on
Indiscriminate use of current nets is threatening extinction of fish stock in the Bay and its adjacent rivers in the coastal areas of Barguna.
27 March 2019
Bid to save Rakhine language
In an attempt to save the Rakhine language from extinction, 60-year-old Kra Thum Sein Master, a leader of the community, has been running a school at his Taltalipara house in Barguna's Taltali upazila for years now.
21 February 2019
Instant electricity connection
With no electricity connection to his newly built home, Md Shahin Fakir was sitting idle at home on a Thursday morning when he heard someone chanting offers of power connections over megaphone.
14 February 2019
Most brick kilns burn wood, use illegal drum chimneys
Most owners of brick kilns in Amtali upazila of Barguna do not comply with any rules set by the government. Most of their kilns use illegal drum chimneys, consume firewood as fuel and many of them even have sawmills on the yard.
12 February 2019
Poor navigability affects water transport
Shoals on around 33 kilometres of waterways are posing threats to water vessels operating on Patuakhali-Dhaka and Barguna-Dhaka routes.
11 February 2019
Red crabs under threat in Kuakata
About five km east from Kuakata zero point and nearly three km west from Kuakata main point in Kalapara upazila, there lies an attractive spot -- Lal Kakrar Char (shoal of red crab) – giving a picturesque look for the tourists from home and abroad.
29 January 2019
32 schools run with few students
Although Mayda Government Primary School under Amragachhia union in Mirzaganj upazila was established in 1940, the institution is facing serious student crisis.
21 January 2019
Hilsa habitats under threat
The government has approved multiple power projects near hilsa sanctuaries in Patuakhali coastal area, posing a threat to the breeding and nurturing of the national fish.
14 January 2019
Schoolground turns into paddy land
The palyground of a school in Barguna's Betagi upazila remians covered with plants most of the year as the school authorities cultivate
22 December 2018
Defying court's order, 50 shops built on khas land
Defying a court's stay order, a local influential person has built 50 shops on 45 decimals of khas land in Barguna's Amtali upazila.
29 November 2018
Dilapidated foot rail
Visitors have been suffering a lot due to the dilapidated condition of the lone foot rail in Horinghata reserve forest area in Barguna and lack of other facilities.
26 November 2018