Pirojpur
Your guide to the floating guava market of Bhimruli, Pirojpur
Whenever you think of floating markets selling fresh vegetables and fruit, the Cabiao floating market in Philippines or Damnoen Saduak market of Thailand comes to mind first. In Bangladesh however, not many people know about the floating markets that are in operation in the division of Barishal, one of them is situated in Pirojpur, famous for guavas that are sold during its peak season.
Bodies of a couple, their 3-year-old found in Pirojpur
Police have recovered the bodies of a couple and their three-year-old child from their house in Mathbaria upazila of Pirojpur.
Pirojpur put under lockdown
Local authorities lock down Pirojpur district for an indefinite period to contain the spread of coronavirus.
Fallout from Inter-Faith Marriage: Police move to end family’s sufferings
Police yesterday reopened the tea stall whose owner was forced to close it for over three months by local UP chairman in Pirojpur's Nesarabad upazila.
Vessel hits ferry: 3 vehicles sink in Pirojpur river
Three vehicles sink in the Kacha river of Pirojpur district after a sand carrying vessel collided with the only ferry plying on the Bekutia-Kumirmara route.
Nature Quest: The Den of Sparrows
Every afternoon, thousands of sparrows from different areas of Pirojpur town congregate in a little banyan tree in Pirojpur Old Bus Terminal.
Pirojpur Jubo League man sued under section 57 of ICT act
A local Jubo League leader is sued under the section 57 of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act for his alleged indecent comments against an independent lawmaker in Pirojpur.
1 killed in Mathbaria AL factional clash
A man is killed and five others are injured as two factions of local Awami League locked into clashes over establishing supremacy in Mathbaria upazila of Pirojpur.
A woman's power of reinvention
There was a time when Dipika Debnath sang Rabindranath Tagore songs. “My husband liked to listen. The neighbours
Had no option
Border Guard Bangladesh personnel had no choice but to open fire to protect election officials and prevent unruly mobs from snatching ballot boxes during Tuesday's Union Parishad polls in Pirojpur and Cox's Bazar, the BGB chief said yesterday.
BGB says it was forced to open fire
Police sue about 1,300 anonymous people for attacking policemen and district officials in Pirojpur’s Mothbaria upazila during union parishad elections – a clash that left five people dead.
5 killed as BGB opens fire to stop ballot snatching
UP polls: 5 persons have been killed when BGB opened fire to stop ballot snatching after vote casting in Mathbaria upazila of Pirojpur, cops say.
JCD leader killed in Pirojpur
A Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal leader was killed early yesterday allegedly by members of the ruling Awami League over a feud centring on the upcoming union parishad polls in Pirojpur.
BNP-backed UP polls aspirant’s nephew killed in Pirojpur
A nephew of BNP-backed chairman candidate from Sheikh Matia Union Parishad in Nazirpur upazila of Pirojpur is stabbed dead by miscreants.
Girl killed after rape
Criminals raped and murdered a college girl at a village in Mathbaria upazila yesterday morning when she was
Girl raped, killed in Pirojpur
Miscreants kill a teenage girl apparently after raping her at Khetachira village in Mathbaria upazila of Pirojpur.
Children the planners
Busy parents know there are times a child's words are barely heard. But they know too, equally well, that a son or a daughter can sometimes utter a sentence of such striking clarity that one wonders if the young age of the speaker really fits.
Why humiliate a teacher?
The High Court has ordered a judicial probe against the upazila nirbahi officer (UNO) and the executive magistrate of Bhandaria of Pirojpur for their humiliating treatment of a teacher.
