Sohrab Hossain

At a time when efforts to combat climate change repercussions have intensified through forest conservation and extensive tree plantations, thousands of trees, across different species, are succumbing to adverse effects of climate change in the reserve forest area of Kuakata sea beach in Patuakhali district.

Around 200 families from four unions under Patuakhali’s Rangabali upazila are passing days in fear of losing their lands and homes to erosion of Buragauranga river.

At least 169 out of 798 government primary schools in Barguna district are in a dilapidated condition.

Students of Betagi-Sankipur VDC Government Primary School in Patuakhali’s Dasmina upazila are attending classes in an old, dilapidated school building as the construction work of the new school building remains incomplete even after four years.

The major hospitals in Pirojpur and Patuakhali districts are finding it difficult to cope with the onrush of patients amid the sweltering heat since mid-April.

Farmers in Patuakhali are concerned that the ongoing heatwave, that has been persisting for almost a month, will severely disrupt their crop production

Students suffer as Patuakhali’s Pangangashia Secondary Girls School resumes classes in a building which ‘may crumble any day’

The cost-of-living crisis in Bangladesh appears to have caused more trouble for daily workers as their wage growth has been lower than the inflation rate for more than two years.

Says wife of one of the victims who was family's lone breadwinner

For the past three years, a voluntary organisation has been providing free meals to low-income people for iftar in Patuakhali town.

Thousands of dead jellyfish are piling up on Kuakata sea beach in Patuakhali after being cast ashore by tidal waves of the Bay for the past four weeks.

Barguna’s Patharghata upazila is surrounded by large rivers, with canals and other waterbodies crisscrossing across the area.

Despite a good supply of watermelons in Patuakhali markets, consumers are not able to buy the seasonal fruit due to high price. It is one of the most sought after fruits during Ramadan.

Agriculture was his life. But that life, like countless others, has been uprooted by the harsh reality of climate change.

Almost half of the total paved roads in Patuakhali’s two upazilas -- Galachipa and Dashmina – have been in a poor condition and become unfit for vehicular movements due to lack of renovation for long.

The academic buildings of the lone educational institution for girls in Barguna’s Amtali upazila are in a dilapidated state, leaving its 420 students compelled to attend classes amid risks.

A public toilet in a tourist destination is always a good idea. But not when it comes at the cost of a 240-year-old ancient Buddhist temple of an indigenous community.

In Barguna’s Amtali upazila, lies a meticulously laid-out dragon fruit plantation, surrounded by many other fruit trees such as guava, mango, and more.

In order to evade tolls, Patuakhali-bound goods-laden trucks are using alternative roads, avoiding the weighing scales installed on Payra bridge in Lebukhali area on Dhaka-Patuakhali highway.

Neary a year after missing the deadline, construction work of four bridges in Rangabali upazila, located far from the mainland, has remained half done due to alleged negligence of the contractor concerned.