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Sohrab Hossain

Our Correspondent, Patuakhali

payra port

Navigability crisis hits Payra port, foreign ship arrivals drop

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

From waste to wealth

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
11 December 2025, 18:00 PM
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Barguna Liberation War Museum: Looted and left in ruins for over a year

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
5 December 2025, 18:00 PM
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Rangabali of Patuakhali: Forestland grabbed for watermelon cultivation

Protected forestland and riverbanks are being illegally occupied in the Char Signboard area of Kachipara village under Patuakhali’s Rangabali upazila, allegedly to cultivate watermelon by building an embankment.
24 November 2025, 22:32 PM
24 November 2025, 22:32 PM
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Kalapara of Patuakhali / Mahipur fish landing station lies idle for 4yrs

The Mahipur Fish Landing Station in Patuakhali’s Kalapara upazila has remained idle for the past four years, since its inauguration in 2021.
13 November 2025, 18:00 PM
13 November 2025, 18:00 PM
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Youth finds success in ornamental fish farming in Patuakhali

Emon now earns over Tk 1 lakh a month from his thriving venture
10 November 2025, 09:39 AM
10 November 2025, 09:39 AM
Aman paddy in Bangladesh

Golden-green Aman paddy kindles hope for Patuakhali farmers

Favourable weather boosts production, but salinity concerns persist in low-lying areas
9 November 2025, 07:04 AM
9 November 2025, 07:04 AM

Golden-green Aman paddy kindles hope for Patuakhali farmers

Favourable weather boosts production, but salinity concerns persist in low-lying areas
9 November 2025, 13:28 PM
9 November 2025, 13:28 PM
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I rushed to aid bullet-hit teen, only to find it's my son

Says father of 16-year-old Md Amin
5 August 2024, 18:30 PM
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Who will look after us now?

Asks wife of Titu, who was shot dead in Dhanmondi
5 August 2024, 18:22 PM
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Who will call me Abba?

Death of Liton, 30, leaves family devastated
3 August 2024, 18:47 PM
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Why did they shoot my father?

Asks son of van puller Jahangir
3 August 2024, 18:35 PM
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Journalist killed in the line of duty

Mehedi dies of bullet wounds while covering news in Jatrabari
1 August 2024, 16:49 PM
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Jihad wanted to be a cricketer

Death of 25-year-old leaves family distraught
31 July 2024, 16:43 PM
Patuakhali Power Plant

1,320MW coal power plant in Patuakhali to fire up in October

A 1,320-megawatt (MW) coal-based thermal power plant located in Kalapara upazila of Patuakhali is ready to begin commercial operations by the end of this year, officials said..The first of the plant’s two units, which can generate 660 MWs daily, will commence production in October while th
30 July 2024, 18:00 PM
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Dreams dashed by a bullet

He was taken to Chittagong Medical College Hospital first, then to a local private hospital and finally to Dhaka Medical College Hospital after his condition kept deteriorating.
29 July 2024, 12:18 PM
tourism affected by curfew in Bangladesh

Tourism jolted by curfew

Zahra Mayeesha, a 26-year-old private job holder, was preparing to return to Dhaka from a two-day vacation to Sreemangal with her husband on July 16.
25 July 2024, 18:00 PM
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Locals bar initiation of works for Patuakhali EPZ

Locals on Saturday barred the initiation of land development for an export processing zone (EPZ) at Patuakhali sadar upazila demanding compensation for land acquired by the government. .Around 150 people staged the protest at Pachakoralia mouza of Auliapur union. .One of them, Md Sh
15 July 2024, 18:35 PM
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207 schools need urgent repair

At least 207 educational institutions, including schools, colleges, and madrasas in Patuakhali, are in dire need of urgent repair after sustaining significant damages in Cyclone Remal.
14 July 2024, 18:00 PM
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245 iron bridges or death traps?

A tragic accident led to the death of nine people after an iron bridge collapsed and caused a microbus to fall into the canal in Haldia Bazar area of Barguna’s Amtali upazila on June 22.
10 July 2024, 18:00 PM
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Passengers suffer for dilapidated bus terminal

The central bus terminal in Patuakhali is in a dilapidated state and in dire need of renovation.
9 July 2024, 18:00 PM
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Amtali Upazila Health Complex: Manpower shortage cripples health service

Patients in Barguna’s Amtali upazila are deprived of proper treatment facilities as the upazila health complex is plagued with various problems including shortage of doctors and other staff.
1 July 2024, 18:00 PM
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Water hyacinth clogs canal

Residents in Barguna’s Taltali upazila are struggling to commute as boat services on Kachupatra Canal have remained halted since May 26, due to water hyacinth.
27 June 2024, 18:00 PM
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Seven collapsed, 5 more unfit for use

In Barguna’s Amtali upazila, there used to be a total 12 bridges in different areas on the 25-kilometre-long Haldia Canal.
25 June 2024, 18:00 PM
loans issued to dead persons

Ghost loans!

Zainal Howlader, a resident of Kalikapur village under Patuakhali’s Bauphal upazila, died in 1969.
20 June 2024, 18:00 PM
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Ghost loans: Krishi Bank issues loans in name of 4 persons who died before 1971

'I recently received a notice from Krishi Bank saying that my father had taken a loan of Tk 50,000 in 2014 from the bank. But my father died in 1969, how could he take the loan in 2014?' questions Abul Bashar, a retired policeman
20 June 2024, 15:45 PM
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Rangabali Upazila: Fish enclosures at the expense of Darchira

Some local influential people in Rangabali upazila of Patuakhali have been setting up fish enclosures grabbing a section of the Darchira river.
14 June 2024, 18:00 PM
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Over 200 fishing trawlers damaged

Tidal waves and strong winds under the influence of Cyclone Remal damaged more than 200 small and medium fishing trawlers in Barguna’s Patharghata.
2 June 2024, 18:00 PM

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