March 4, 2022
The son that will never return
He had promised his mother he would come back and build her a new home. On his word, she dreamed of a better life provided by one of the three sons – the lone bread-winner of the family.
March 4, 2022
Where news doesn't reach: Man publishes handwritten paper for remote Patuakhali area
In this day and age of digital printing, the bi-monthly “Andharamanik” is a curious phenomenon. Published by Kalapara upazila’s own Hasan Parvez, the paper is actually handwritten by Hasan himself!
February 20, 2022
Forest robbers destroy 5,000 trees
A gang has been mindlessly lifting earth from a reserve forest in Gangamati area adjacent to Kuakata sea beach in Kalapara upazila of Patuakhali.
January 24, 2022
Chanbaru Memorial Library: A source of light
A source of light, Chanbaru Memorial Library has now become a centre of learning for students and teachers as well as for other villagers.
January 24, 2022
Char Bijoy popular with migratory birds, but hunters turning them away
A new shoal covering about 5,000 acres has sprung up in the deep Bay of Bengal, about 30 km south of Kuakata.
January 23, 2022
Kuakata hotel business collapses as Covid curbs return
Hotel and motel owners in Kuakata, one of the most popular tourist spots in Bangladesh, are once again paying heavy prices as bookings are being cancelled owing to the latest spike in coronavirus...
January 14, 2022
EPZ to be set up in Patuakhali
Work is underway to set up an export processing zone (EPZ) in Patuakhali centering the Payra sea port.
December 28, 2021
Launch fire tragedy : Hafsa set to get married, albeit with a heavy heart
The eldest daughter of Pakhi Begum and Abdul Hakim, passengers of MV Abhijan-10 who went missing since the tragic launch fire, Hafsa (18) is set to get married on Friday.
December 26, 2021
Bodies of twins identified, mother still missing
They were on their way to visit their grandfather’s house in Barguna’s Taltoli upazila. But as luck would have it, four year old twins Samia and Lamia never reached there, as they died in the MV...
December 19, 2021
Now landlessness bars Barguna youth’s police job
After Barishal’s Aspia Islam was barred from joining as a police constable, despite passing the written, viva, and health tests, due to being “landless”, this time uncertainty looms over Barguna...