Nature quest: Too hot for the cold blooded
An oriental garden lizard takes a sip of water from a drying puddle on the road in Jalma area of Khulna's Batiaghata upazila recently. Lizards are ectothermic, or "cold blooded" animals, which means they rely on the environment around them to regulate their body temperature, unlike mammals who can produce heat internally to stabalise their temperatures
2w ago
Nature quest: Gems of the forest
The axis deer, chittra horin in Bangla, is one of the more precious belongings of the Sundarbans. This herd was seen wandering outside of the mangrove forest to eat grass under the open sky.
4w ago
Giants of the Sundarbans
A saltwater crocodile was spotted roaming the Sundarbans recently. Native to saltwater habitats, brackish wetlands, and freshwater rivers, saltwater crocodiles are known as the largest living reptiles in the world
1m ago
Plastic for bread
At one end of the world, leaders from different countries have gathered to discuss climate change and how to save the environment from further deterioration. At the other end, monkeys are having to eat plastic and polythene discarded by tourists of the Sundarbans in Khulna
5m ago
JUTE MILLS IN DISARRAY
Due to lack of maintenance, the once-vibrant mill compounds now appear to be haunted places with weeds and vines growing all over
10m ago
Patuakhali, Pirojpur passengers suffer as bus services suspended
Passengers of Patuakhali are bearing the brunt as bus services in the district were suspended this morning (November 4, 2022) ahead of BNP’s divisional rally in Barishal tomorrow.
1y ago
Unfavourable weather affects guava production
Unlike previous years, guava farmers in four unions of the Pirojpur and Jhalakathi upazilas are unconcerned about getting the expected prices for their produce as the time needed to make shipments has decreased substantially thanks to the opening of Padma Bridge.
1y ago
From Pirojpur's "Moru" to today's PK Halder
Prashanta Kumar Halder, better known as PK Halder, is the eldest of three sons of primary school teacher Lilabati Haldar and tailor Pralab Chandra Halder of Matibhanga union under Pirojpur’s Nazirpur upazila.
2y ago
July 7, 2020
Locals receiving ‘wrong treatment’ amid pandemic
Many ordinary people are compelled to receive ‘wrong treatment’ from so-called local doctors amid the pandemic. In some cases, such treatment has even led to the death of the patient.
June 3, 2020
Regular flooding a woe for them
Over three thousand people of Togra and Umedpur villages beside the Kacha river in Indurkani upazila under Pirojpur are suffering as no permanent embankment was made to protect them from regular tidal waves after super cyclone Sidr destroyed an earthen embankment there on November 15 in 2007.
April 8, 2020
No Baishakhi fair this year, earning eludes potters
The ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus has brought added worry to the potters, especially earthen toy makers in Pirojpur, as the items made for sale during the Baishakhi fair will remain largely unsold due to ban on gatherings to check the infection.
February 24, 2020
No inpatient service for 12yrs
Over a decade into construction of Indurkani Upazila Health Complex, the inpatient service at the hospital is yet to start providing health facilities, causing immense sufferings to treatment seekers.
February 11, 2020
Cashing in on cricket mania
Abdul Latif Bepary, who passed away in 2012, was said to be the country’s first carpenter to produce cricket bats.
October 14, 2019
Once broke, Naren gains solvency by fish farming
Completely broke after failed attempt to go abroad six years ago, Naren Halder is now a successful fish farmer.
October 9, 2019
The women behind Pirojpur’s floating agriculture
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.
September 4, 2019
Stalkers at bay after two accused arrested
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.
July 9, 2019
Fishermen pass hard time as compensation scanty
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.
June 16, 2019
Canals split into pieces by govt departments, locals
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.
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