Farmers of char (coastal island) areas in Subornachar upazila are awaiting a bumper Aman crop but they are worried as viral disease has been destroying the paddy in the fields.
Chatkhil residents are yet to get quick benefit from fire service as a new fire station in the upazila of Noakhali has stayed non-functional for around two years.
Nearly fifty thousand ultra-poor women in four unions of Noakhali Sadar upazila have changed their lot by making different types of mats and rope using hogla pata (elephant grass).