Partha Chakrabortty

Bagerhat 250-bed Hospital: Services in jeopardy amid acute manpower shortage

An acute shortage of doctors and staff has left patients at the Bagerhat 250-bed hospital deprived of much needed medical care.

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When everything comes in polybags

In 2002, the government banned thin polythene and plastic bags, making Bangladesh the first country in the world to slap such a restriction.

‘My union is turning into a desert’

The Bangladesh Water Development Board recently dredged a 23-kilometre stretch of Bishkhali river at Badhal in Bagerhat’s Kachua upazila.

Made in Bagerhat, for Europe

Kept in a row, unique two-wheelers will captivate the attention of any visitor once they enter the workshop of Natural Fiber, a company located at the BSCIC industrial zone near Bagerhat town.

Once barren, now a farmers’ haven

Only a year ago, the 7,000 bighas of swampland of Sashikhali beel in Bagerhat’s Shatgambuj union used to be barren due to inflow of water with high salinity from Doratana river through a sluice gate.

Families trapped in saline water

A silent health crisis is unfolding in Gulishakhali village in Bagerhat’s Morrelganj upazila.

6 brothers transform brick kiln into dragon fruit orchard

On a 23-acre land on the bank of Navaganga river in Narail’s Kalia upazila, where there was once a brick kiln emitting dark clouds of smoke, now lies a vast dragon fruit orchard.

When a century is not enough

Though over a century has gone by since its establishment, the Government Textile Vocational Institute in Bagerhat, is yet to get a permanent campus.

March 30, 2024
March 30, 2024

Bagerhat 250-bed Hospital: Services in jeopardy amid acute manpower shortage

An acute shortage of doctors and staff has left patients at the Bagerhat 250-bed hospital deprived of much needed medical care.

March 18, 2024
March 18, 2024

When everything comes in polybags

In 2002, the government banned thin polythene and plastic bags, making Bangladesh the first country in the world to slap such a restriction.

February 27, 2024
February 27, 2024

‘My union is turning into a desert’

The Bangladesh Water Development Board recently dredged a 23-kilometre stretch of Bishkhali river at Badhal in Bagerhat’s Kachua upazila.

February 23, 2024
February 23, 2024

Made in Bagerhat, for Europe

Kept in a row, unique two-wheelers will captivate the attention of any visitor once they enter the workshop of Natural Fiber, a company located at the BSCIC industrial zone near Bagerhat town.

February 11, 2024
February 11, 2024

Once barren, now a farmers’ haven

Only a year ago, the 7,000 bighas of swampland of Sashikhali beel in Bagerhat’s Shatgambuj union used to be barren due to inflow of water with high salinity from Doratana river through a sluice gate.

January 13, 2024
January 13, 2024

Families trapped in saline water

A silent health crisis is unfolding in Gulishakhali village in Bagerhat’s Morrelganj upazila.

November 23, 2023
November 23, 2023

6 brothers transform brick kiln into dragon fruit orchard

On a 23-acre land on the bank of Navaganga river in Narail’s Kalia upazila, where there was once a brick kiln emitting dark clouds of smoke, now lies a vast dragon fruit orchard.

October 2, 2023
October 2, 2023

When a century is not enough

Though over a century has gone by since its establishment, the Government Textile Vocational Institute in Bagerhat, is yet to get a permanent campus.

September 24, 2023
September 24, 2023

27 UP buildings at risk in Bagerhat

Staffers and service seekers at 27 Union Parishad buildings are at risk of accidents as these buildings in different upazilas of Bagerhat have become dilapidated due to a lack of renovation.

May 20, 2023
May 20, 2023

One ambulance for 300 patients

Although Mollahat Upazila Health Complex in Bagerhat has two government ambulances, only one of them is currently operational. With no intention of repairs or replacement, the other one has been sitting in their garage for the past one and a half years.

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