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Human chain held to protect crops from salt water

In Kalapara Upazila of Patuakhali, the farmers held a human chain and held a meeting to protect the crops of about 3000 acres of land from salt water in 11 villages.At 11 am on Sunday morning, several hundreds of people gathered at Shahid Surendra Mohan Chowdhuri road in Kalapara town to protect the...

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Patuakhali farmers benefit from combined harvester

Even last year, I paid 800 taka for Aman to cut paddy, but even then, I did not find anyone to cut the paddy. There is no problem this time. I can do rice cutting very easily with this modern rice cutting machine. This is how farmer Manoranjan Howladar of Amirabad village of Nilganj union of Kalapar...

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Thousands of people stranded in waterlogged areas of Patuakhali

Three unions of Patuakhali's Kalapara are being flooded heavily by the tidal water of Ravanabad River. The people of 10 villages have already become waterlogged due to the water entering the river through the broken embankment. Vast Aman crop fields were submerged due to the instant flood. In th...

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Pregnant dolphin dies, floats in Kuakata

­A mother dolphin has been found floating in a net on Kuakata beach. The seven-and-a-half-foot-long dolphin first floated at the mouth of three rivers in Kuakata's Lemburchar on Sunday morning.Witnesses said the dolphin was wrapped in a net and had a front wing cut off. The dolphin came asho...

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120 poor families bask in joy getting new houses in Kalapara

Dreams have been fulfilled of 120 destitute families in Kalapara of Patuakhali. After the Prime Minister inaugurated the handover event from Ganabhaban on Tuesday, the Upazila administration handed over the documents and keys of the Prime Minister's gift house to the family on the occasion of Mu...

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Kalapara celebrates World Earth Day, tree plantation stressed

World Earth Day was celebrated in Kalapara of Patuakhali by paying homage to the river by floating flowers on banana leaves, demanding that the lost stream of the Andhramanik River, which had died due to pollution, return. On this day, with the slogan 'Invest for our world', let the same dem...

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Two groups of Chhatra League confront in presence of Kalapara police

Two groups of Chhatra League have stood in confrontation for torturing two students at the Mozaharuddin Biswas Degree College campus in Kalapara, Patuakhali. When some tension spread in the campus due to this incident, Kalapara police calmed down the atmosphere by taking position on the campus....

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Alternative employment for fishermen in Kalapara

In order to create alternative employment for fishermen in Kalapara, cheques and cows have been distributed to the families of dead fishermen.Patuakhali 4 constituency MP Sahibbur Rahman addressed the function as the chief guest at the Kalapara Senior Fisheries Officer's Office on Monday. Distri...

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Tk 3.77cr cheque distributed at Kalapara

Compensation cheques have been distributed among the owners of the land acquisitioned for the construction of a 1,320-megawatt coal-fired power plant at Kalapara in Patuakhali, one of the mega projects the present government is implementing at different parts of the country.Patuakhali-4 constituency...

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Eviction drive in Kalapara Municipality Canal starts

Patuakhali district administration has started an eviction and demolition drive to clean the three-kilometer long main canal of Kalapara municipality area. By demolishing the illegal part of a 6-storey building in front of the canal on Saturday, the eviction and demolition drive began. Patuakha...

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Motorcycle repair training held for Payra Port-affected people

Payra Port Authority has taken initiative to make the members of the families, affected by the construction of the Payra Port in Kalapara upazila of Patuakhali, self-reliant through training.At 10 am on Wednesday, 50 members in two batches were given certificates at the Mahallapara Training Center i...

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Rush of tourists at Kuakata sea beach after long time

Kalapara (Patuakhali) CorrespondentTourists are running like free birds everywhere on the long beach of Kuakata in Patuakhali’s Kalapara. In the rainy season, the waves of the sea are hitting the beach and the visitors who went down to the sea after a long time are now roaming freely around th...

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Housing project on the verge of collapse due to rainfall, repair work ongoing

Part of the drain and road at Laluar Mahallapara Housing Center of Rehabilitation Center-2 at Kalapara in Patuakhali have collapsed. In the last three days of heavy rains, about 70 feet of drain on the west side of the housing and the outer road along the dirt road collapsed. Although there is a fea...