Habibur Rahman

Completely broke after failed attempt to go abroad six years ago, Naren Halder is now a successful fish farmer.

Local women in Pirojpur’s wetland areas play a vital role in floating agriculture that is recognised by Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN as one of the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems.

Stalkers are hardly seen in the streets of Bhandaria upazila of Pirojpur as police promptly arrested two delinquents including the main accused in the case for instigating the suicide of schoolgirl Rukaiya Rupa.

Hundreds of fishermen in the district have been passing their days in hardship due to a 65-day ban, which began from May 20, on fishing in the Bay.

The trend of encroaching on manmade or natural waterbodies across the country has taken a new form in Mathbaria upazila, where numerous dams and roads have been built across at least four canals.

Devastating cyclone Sidr that hit the southern districts of the country, including Pirojpur, on November 15 in 2007, had damaged unlimited properties and caused loss of many lives as well.

Thousands of farmers at two villages in Nazirpur upazila are suffering badly for lack of an embankment surrounding their croplands.

Ferry services between Tagra and Charkhali terminals in Pirojpur on Barishal-Bhandaria-Pirojpur highway are taking a heavy toll as the perennial problem of hidden shoals in the Kacha river has worsened this dry season.

Farmers of Pirojpur Sadar upazila are growing seasonal vegetables without ploughing the land that would lie unused after harvesting Aman paddy, and are making good profit.

A brick kiln in Pashchim Baniary area under Nazirpur upazila has been causing suffering to the villagers for years, but local administration and law enforcers have not taken any steps to stop the nuisance.

Nomination of Shameem Sayedee, son of convicted war criminal and Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee, for Pirojpur-1 has left local BNP leaders in a tight corner and made their fight against archrival Awami League tough.

Geographically most areas under Dewlbari-Dobra, Kalardoaniya and Malikhali unions in Nazirpur upazila remain waterlogged and covered with different water plants including water hyacinth all the year round.

Farm fishes are meeting the demand of the consumers as river and sea fishes are virtually absent in the local markets amid the ongoing ban on catching all types of fish in rivers.

A Hindu temple was vandalised by miscreants at Panchpara Bazar of Pirojpur Sadar Upazila early yesterday.

He is not a renowned author. His work may not be deemed material of high quality that distinguishes a best-selling writer from the average ones. But for someone who lives in a remote pasture of the country and with a humble background of a schoolteacher, a publication of 106 books under his belt is quite an achievement in itself.

A leader of Pirojpur BNP has been named twice and a former district president of Islami Chhatra Shibir thrice as accused in a case filed with Pirojpur Police Station under the Anti-Terrorism Act on September 1.

In wetland areas of Pirojpur, farming on floating seedbeds called “dhap” is a tradition that spans centuries. Primarily constructed from water hyacinth, the seedbeds that are up to 180 feet long, four feet wide and two feet thick, allow farming in areas otherwise unavailable for regular crops. But this year, the rising cost of floating cultivation has farmers worried.

A house in Kachukathi village under Kawkhali upazila has been occupying a portion of the busy Kawkhali-Nesarabad road for many years, to the immense suffering of the people using the road.

A broken bridge over a canal in Kawkhali upazila has been causing untold suffering to thousands of people for the last two years.

A Swechchhasebak Dal leader allegedly died of a heart attack while being chased by police in Pirojpur town on Saturday night.