Sushanta Ghosh

The winding canals branching off the Sugandha river weave through the famed floating guava orchards of Jhalakathi and Pirojpur, creating one of southern Bangladesh’s most distinctive agricultural landscapes.

Fishers across Bhola, Mehendiganj and Barishal report frustration and losses

Thousands of passengers are being forced to cross the Meghna river on illegal trawlers on the Monpura-Tazumuddin route in Bhola at great risk despite a seasonal ban on such vessels in the perilous waters, as the only sea truck on the route has been out of service for around a year and a half following mechanical failure.

The 1.5km stretch along the western bank now attracts huge crowds with scenic walkways and greenery

A woman died at Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital in Barishal as her oxygen supply was removed to help another patient whose family had paid Tk 200 to a trolley man, alleges the family.

Nearly half of the fishermen in Bhola are being deprived of the government’s rice assistance amid the ongoing ban on fishing.

Residents of Baruipara in Harhar village under Barishal’s Gournadi upazila still avoid a place known as “Morar Bhita”, which translates roughly to “house of the dead”, 55 years since the Liberation War.

Villagers avoid the site where around 150 were killed in 1971, and calls for a memorial remain unanswered