Partha Chakrabortty

Acute larvae scarcity coupled with excessive salinity and ammonia in water have forced almost all prawn hatcheries in Bagerhat to close their business.

A blame game over an outstanding electricity bill of over Tk 11 lakh is now blocking operation of the newly con-structed building of the state-run hospital in Bagerhat.

Over 150 employees of Bagerhat sub-registrar and land record offices have been working in a tattered building for the last seven years despite serious risks.

Indiscriminate catching of egg bearing crabs continues in the Sundarbans, defying the two-month government ban meant for protecting the species during the ongoing breeding season.

Commercial cultivation of local variety delicious fish patari sees success in Danpota area of Fakirhat upazila adjacent to the Passur river in the district, thanks to the initiative of five farmers.

Dublar Char and several other areas in the Sundarbans are now buzzing with activities as a large number of fishermen are engaged in drying fishes after netting them from the sea.

Construction of the six storied building of 250-bed hospital in the town was completed in January this year but it is yet to become operational due to bureaucratic problems.

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has declared 73 percent forest area of the Sundarbans under Sharankhola Range as Wildlife Sanctuary without ensuring alternative livelihoods of the dwellers living near the world's largest mangrove forest.

Tanmoy Das of Sreerampur village under Kachua upazila of the district has gained success by rearing layer chickens.

With increased salinity in many waterways, following more-than-usual evaporation during last dry season, around 49 of the fish

With Eid-ul-Azha around the corner, more than a few thoughts are focused on cattle. In three Bagerhat upazilas, thanks to an ongoing artificial insemination programme being implemented by the livestock department, the cows are looking especially robust.

Cattle rearing has become difficult in the district as the grazing fields are turning into shrimp enclosures and homesteads.

Rats, mites and high salinity have caused damage to green coconuts, much to the worry of farmers in the coastal district.

People of nine upazilas in the coastal district urged the authorities concerned to build more cyclone shelters as the existing ones are dilapidated as well as inadequate in number.

A section of unscrupulous people have continued using current and mono filament nets for catching fish and spawn in different rivers

A smoky kitchen has long been a health hazard for Bagerhat's villagers, especially housewives and children. Now, a growing number of

Both domestic and international tourism have great potential as major income sources for Bangladesh. Tourism can be particularly

The government has taken an initiative to conduct dredging at the outer bar in the 131-kilometre-long Pashur Channel to enhance Mongla Port's ship handling capacity.

Bagerhat's tomato farmers are worried. In the key tomato-growing Chitalmari upazila, a tomato disease locally called 'stoke' has become

Huge quantities of logs of Sundari, Keora, Gewa, Bain, Passur and Kakra trees from the Sundarbans are being sent to different destinations, as an organised gang is engaged in felling the valuable forest resources in defiance of a government ban.