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A 35-year-old man, Md. Mizanur Rahman, has been sentenced to six months’ imprisonment and fined Tk 500 for possession and use of yaba tablets by a mobile court in Mahipur.On Thursday, police conducted a raid near Raja Filling Station on the Dhaka–Kuakata highway and found 10 yaba tablets...
National,Country
A man and his wife were found dead in their house in Rangabali upazila of Patuakhali district on Tuesday night.The deceased are Rakib Pyada, 30, and his wife Sohagi Begum, 25, of Uttar Chalitabunia village under Chalitabunia union. They have a seven-year-old son named Mujahid.Locals said a neighbour...
Politics,Country
A wave of strong reactions has erupted from the legal community across Bangladesh following derogatory remarks made about lawyers by former Member of Parliament for Barishal-4, Mejbauddin Farhad. In response, the Patuakhali District Bar Association has filed a case against him, which a court has acc...
A mobile court in Kolapara, Patuakhali, has seized 35 maunds of banned juvenile hilsa (jatka) from six passenger buses.On Sunday night at 9:00 PM, Executive Magistrate and Assistant Commissioner (Land) Yasin Sadeq conducted a raid at the Kolapara municipal bus stand and confiscated the fish. Six bus...
Deep concern was expressed over the current crisis in child rights and protection in Bangladesh at a discussion titled "Presentation on the State of Child Rights" held in Patuakhali. The event, organized jointly by the Lal Sobuj Society and the Foundation for People, took place on October ...
An auto-rickshaw driver was brutally stabbed to death by miscreants who broke into his house in the dead of night in Patuakhali's Sadar upazila.The incident occurred in the early hours of Tuesday in Sehakathi village of Jainkathi Union. The deceased has been identified as Mosharaf Khan (42), son...
The orientation programme for students of the BPEd 2025 academic year was held at the govt. Physical Education College, Barisal on Thursday.The event took place at 9 a.m. in the college auditorium in Barisal Sadar upazila, welcoming freshers in an atmosphere of motivation and encouragement.Professor...
A month-long vaccination campaign targeting stray dogs and cats has been launched in Patuakhali town on Thursday to prevent the spread of rabies.The initiative is a joint effort by the Patuakhali Municipality and the District Livestock Department.The programme was officially inaugurated on the Four-...
Three people, including a Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) member, a woman and a child, were killed in a head-on collision between a RAB-8 coaster and a Dhanshiri Paribahan bus in the Fatuddia Bazar area of Patuakhali Sadar on Saturday morning.According to RAB sources, around 30 passengers — RAB-8...
Seven police officers were injured while trying to control a violent clash between two rival groups over a market lease in Patuakhali’s Lohalia Union on Wednesday night. The incident took place around 10pm at Palpara Bazaar.Police and local sources said the dispute began over the lease of the ...
Health,Country
Health assistants in Patuakhali, along with their colleagues across the country, have gone on strike pressing for six specific demands, leaving rural families of child patients in difficulty.On Sunday morning, health assistants gathered in front of the Kalapara Upazila Health Complex, holding banner...
A bicycle rally was held in Kalapara, Patuakhali on Friday under the theme “Stand Against Genocide, Destruction, and Chaos” to promote rights, employment, justice, democracy, and a meaningful life.Organised by “Dharitri Rokkhay Amra (DHORA)” and volunteer group “Amra Ka...
Kajol Baran Das: Dr Mohammad Shahid Hossain Chowdhury, the newly appointed Deputy Commissioner and District Magistrate of Patuakhali, began his first official day in office by planting a green Saptaparni (locally known as Chatim) tree — a symbol of peace, longevity, and env...
A Coral fish weighing 24 kg was caught in the fishing net in the Bay of Bengal in Patuakhali's Kuakata.Gazi Fish market dealer Md. Bashir Gazi bought the fish through the auction for Taka 35,938. He brought the fish to Kuakata fish market around 11 am on Tuesday.Talking to this correspondent, Ba...
Aman paddy cultivation is going on in full swing across all 11 unions of Kuakata upazila in Patuakhali, with farmers showing greater enthusiasm this season, officials of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) said.Favorable weather and adequate rainfall have enabled farmers to prepare their ...
The body of a missing fisherman who fell from a trawler in the Tentulia river in Bauphal upazila of Patuakhali district on Friday was recovered on Sunday morning from Kalaiya Khalgora char of the upazila.The deceased was Imran Sharif, 22, son of Monir Sharif of Char Raisaheb village in Chandradwip u...
A low-pressure over the North Bay of Bengal has intensified, prompting the Bangladesh Meteorological Department to hoist cautionary signal No. 3 at Payra Sea Port and signal No. 1 at Patuakhali’s river ports.As a result, water levels in the rivers of Rangabali upazila and surrounding coastal r...
In a special operation under the code name "Devil Hunt", police in Galachipa, Patuakhali, have arrested five individuals, all reportedly affiliated with Awami League. They were sent to jail through the court on Thursday.According to Galachipa Police Station, the operation was conducted on ...
A 27-year-old Bangladeshi-American bride was gang-raped during an armed robbery at her husband’s home in Tia Khali, Kalapara, early on Monday. The woman, who arrived from the United States two months ago, had been sleeping beside her school-teacher husband when seven to eight robbers cut ...
At least 400 environment-friendly trees have been felled allegedly by rivals over land dispute at Diara Kochua village in Baufal upazila of Patuakhali district.Family members and locals said Abul Hashem Matubbar, Abul Kashem Matubbar and Abdul Hakim Matubbar jointly own 21.36 acres of land in the ar...
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