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Sohrab Hossain

Our Correspondent, Patuakhali

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Demand surges for traditional puffed rice during Ramadan in Barishal division

9 March 2026, 06:16 AM
Women in 21 villages keep earthen ovens burning from dawn to dusk
9 March 2026, 06:16 AM
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Kalapara of Patuakhali: Schoolteacher’s home declared a bird haven

28 February 2026, 02:57 AM
In Musulliyabad village under Kalapara upazila of Patuakhali, the house of a schoolteacher has been declared a bird haven.
28 February 2026, 02:57 AM
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In Patuakhali, a schoolteacher sets aside 33% of his land for birds

27 February 2026, 17:23 PM
Akhteruzzaman’s home now formally recognised as a haven for migratory and native species
27 February 2026, 17:23 PM
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Iftar at Tk 1 in Patuakhali

22 February 2026, 21:47 PM
‘Amra Kalaparabashi’ initiative reaches over 200 underprivileged people daily during Ramadan
22 February 2026, 21:47 PM
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Salinity, shorter winters hamper wheat cultivation in south

6 February 2026, 00:00 AM
Wheat cultivation in the southern districts of Bangladesh remains handicapped by challenges such as high soil salinity, shorter winters and seed shortages, leaving vast stretches of farmland uncultivated during the dry season.
6 February 2026, 00:00 AM
Payra port operations slow down for halt in coal imports

Navigability crisis hits Payra port, foreign ship arrivals drop

16 December 2025, 13:30 PM
Port officials and users attribute the decline to worsening navigability in the 75 km-long Rabnabad channel.
16 December 2025, 13:30 PM
Alpath Group Patuakhali plastic recycling

From waste to wealth

11 December 2025, 18:00 PM
In a major step towards green and sustainable industry, a new factory in Patuakhali is transforming fallen betel nut leaf sheaths, locally called khol, into durable, biodegradable tableware.
11 December 2025, 18:00 PM
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Barguna Liberation War Museum: Looted and left in ruins for over a year

5 December 2025, 18:00 PM
The Barguna Liberation War Museum, which was vandalised and looted on August 5 last year following the ouster of the Awami League government, now stands abandoned, empty and padlocked.
5 December 2025, 18:00 PM
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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, 18:00 PM

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, 18:00 PM
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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, 18:00 PM
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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, 18:00 PM
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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, 18:00 PM
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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, 18:00 PM

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, 18:00 PM
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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, 18:00 PM
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Hard to get safe water

The shifting geography of the country's southern coast creates both opportunity and challenge. Eight remote shoals twenty kilometres
30 March 2017, 18:00 PM
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Fund crisis leaves Sonakata Eco-park animals hungry

Animals in Sonakata Eco-Park in Tangargiri reserve forest under Taltoli upazila of Barguna are facing food crisis due
29 March 2017, 18:00 PM
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Chars make Payra, Biskhali rivers risky for vessels

Movement of vessels is being greatly hampered due to emergence of chars (landmass rising from riverbed) in the Payra and Biskhali
23 March 2017, 18:00 PM
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Monk on a mission

The importance of one's mother tongue is perhaps nowhere better understood than in Bangladesh. A mother tongue is an
13 March 2017, 18:00 PM
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Hope for physically challenged people

A van equipped with modern treatment facilities appears as a blessing for poor physically challenged people in the district, thanks to the initiative of Jatiya Protibondhi Unnayan Foundation under the government's social welfare ministry.
8 March 2017, 18:00 PM
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400-acre Kuakata forestland grabbed

Different real estate companies and some local influential people have grabbed over 400 acres of reserve forestland in Kuakata of the
2 March 2017, 18:00 PM
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Tourists lose interest in Kuakata eco-park

Tourists from home and abroad are losing interest in visiting the Kuakata eco-park, though it was one of the best tourist spots in the country, as its walkways, link road, wooden bridge and tamarisk garden are badly damaged.
7 January 2017, 18:00 PM
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Risky living in shaky buildings

Over 50 families are living amid life risk in 12 buildings of the staff quarters of Patuakhali West Zone Power
5 January 2017, 18:00 PM
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Brick kilns on agri lands

A brick kiln is being set up in Amtali upazila on about four acres of land by a ruling party leader, violating the law that prohibits
3 January 2017, 18:00 PM

To legalise child marriage!

Under-aged Sadia was married to a young man of Shrirampur village, showing her to be marriageable by a registrar
27 December 2016, 18:00 PM
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100 years of Latif Seminary

Patuakhali Latif Municipal Seminary, a famous non-government secondary level educational institution, is celebrating
18 December 2016, 18:00 PM
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Picturesque Kuakata loses beauty

The Kuakata sea beach area sees gradual encroachment as a section of people are making illegal structures in the picturesque tourist
6 December 2016, 18:00 PM

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