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
Even fingerlings not spared
Over 1,000 fishing nets have been set up on 30km stretch of the Harinbaria canal in Taltali upazila of Barguna, posing threat to
9 January 2018
A scenic new island in Bay
A new island emerging from the Bay, about 30 kilometres to the south of Kuakata sea beach, has already started attracting visitors.
26 December 2017
Solar power lights up remote char
It's been many years since private solar systems made inroads into coastal villages. Char Biswas in Patuakhali's Galachipa upazila, an
23 December 2017
Threat to biodiversity, fish
The Lohalia and Lawakathi rivers in the district town are becoming polluted due to dumping of waste in the two rivers by the municipality, endangering biodiversity and many species of fish.
28 November 2017
Sea devours huge Kuakata forestland
In recent years, forestland in Kuakata beach area, including the coconut garden, tamarisk garden, Palm trees and vast areas of Kuakata Jatiya Udyan, have been continuously disappearing due to erosion by the sea.
5 November 2017
Decaying community clinics
Isn't it astonishing, when it is found patients of a community clinic are receiving treatment in the corridor of a primary school? Not only this, a portion of a union parishad (UP) office is now being used as a clinic.
7 October 2017
Schoolhouse faces collapse into pond
Alirbandor Government Primary School in Taltali upazila under Barguna faces the threat of collapse into an adjacent pond dug by a
19 September 2017
20 Patuakhali schools, madrasas under river erosion threat
Around 20 educational institutions in the district are in danger of being washed away as the rivers are eroding large areas during the rainy season.
14 September 2017
Patuakhali, Barguna public housing in bad shape
Fifteen years ago when Nasir Uddin from Bazargona village in Patuakhali Sadar upazila moved into a local Ashrayan public housing
7 September 2017
Canal or fish gher?
Farming on around 400 acres of land is greatly hampered as an influential family has started fish cultivation in the
6 September 2017
Hospital ship brings quality to healthcare to remote areas
In Patuakhali's riverside communities accessing modern healthcare can be quite a challenge, particularly if specialist consultation is
5 September 2017
Kuakata businesswomen face capital crisis
Domen Rakhine, 45, has run a clothing stall at Kuakata Rakhine Women's Market since 2003. She is one of fourteen
26 August 2017
Tidal surge takes toll on Kuakata seafront
Seasonal king tides over the past two months have caused extensive damage to the Kuakata foreshore. Around ten feet of the lone link
20 July 2017
Cops' centre in aid of tortured women
Police in Barguna have taken a different step to save women, who were tortured by their families, and over 300 victims have already
13 July 2017
Kuakata tourist police jet ski for rent
In periods of bad weather at Kuakata beach, the speedboats that could normally assist in rescue operations are unavailable. At such
8 July 2017
Grabbers eye Kuakata canal
Some influential people using the name of ruling Awami League are building structures by allegedly grabbing a portion of Ghatlar Khal, an important canal in Kuakata municipality.
24 June 2017
Cage-farmed crabs prove a money-spinner in Patuakhali
For the past eight years Moazzem Hossain from Tulatali village in Patuakhali's Kalapara upazila has been busy farming crabs, with
10 June 2017
Irrigation suffers as canal grabbed for fish farming
The five-kilometre long Mongolbaria Canal in Borobaishdia union of Patuakhali's Rangabali upazila was once an important resource for
4 June 2017
Seed crisis worries Patuakhali farmers
Severe seed crisis has made the aus paddy growers of the coastal district anxious, thanks to the negligence of Bangladesh Agriculture
18 April 2017
Open UP budget sessions result in good services
People of nine unions in Kalapara upazila of the district are getting services from the union parishads (UP) by raising their voices at
6 April 2017