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People from Kalikapur, Auleapur and Motherbunia unions under Patuakhali Sadar upazila organised a human chain to save the environment, recover the dead canal ( Gorai river) from the grip of illegal occupiers, to stop the disposal of toxic water of Kohinoor Rice Mills and the trash of the Saw Mills o...
Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s (BNP) Patuakhali Sadar upazila unit organized a mass rally marking the occasion of the historic National Revolution and Solidarity Day.The rally took place at 10:00am on Saturday at Shaheed Alauddin Children’s Park in Patuakhali town.The rally was presided ...
A fisherman in Dashmina upazila of Patukhali caught a 40-kg turtle on Wednesday afternoon who was fishing in Tentulia river.It was learnt that, Bajlu Hawladar, a fisherman from Pater Char area, was fishing near Pater Char area in Rangopaldi union on Wednesday noon. While pulling up his net, he disco...
The electricity production at Unit-2 of the Payra 1320 MW Thermal Power Plant was halted for two months to carry out essential maintenance work. Once maintenance is completed, the unit is expected to resume operations at full capacity.After the maintenance work is completed at unit-2, the work in un...
A BNP leader was detained with a foreign pistol and ammunition from Mirzaganj uapzila of Patuakhali on Thursday.The arrestee was identified as Md Jahagir Farazi, son of Motaleb Farazi, resident of Mirzagabj upazila. He is the general secretary of Mirzaganj upazila BNP.Captain Riman Rafin Nishat conf...
Four surveyors from the LA branch of Patuakhali Deputy commissioner's office were accused of holding up land files and demanding a 6% bribe to give the payment to those whose lands were acquired for the Export Processing Zone (EPZ) in the Auliapur union under Patuakhali sadar upazila.A victim su...
The people living in Dargah Bari Ashrayan Project, located in Bajita area under Madhabkhali Union in Mirzaganj upazila of Patuakhali, are now passing their days in misery as there is no electricity and arrangement of safe drinking water in their houses.The Ashrayan Project is a government initiative...
A total of 136 landless families in Patuakhali demanded rehabilitation before being evicted as their place is being cleared out due to the land acquisition of Payra Port.These 136 families, who are living at the slope of an embankment at Zia Colony in Itbaria village under Tiakhali union of Kalapara...
Native fish species face threat Indiscriminate use of banned fishing nets in different waterbodies, including rivers, under Bauphal upazila of Patuakhali district pose a serious risk to the native fish species and aquatic animals.Locals said banned fishing net, locally called China Duari, is being u...
Patuakhali district unit of Jamaat-e-Islami organised meeting with the families of the martyrs of student-people uprising, view-exchange meeting and Dua programme in Patuakhali on Saturday.Ameer of District unit of Jamaat-e-Islami Professor Md Shah Alam presided over the programme. It was moderated ...
Md Bellal Hossain, 20, who was shot in Dhaka during the recent student movement, is now writhing in bed in agony due to lack of better treatment.Although he came back alive after the shooting incident, his treatment remains stopped due to the financial crisis of his family. Bellal, son of MdAla...
A two-day training programme started under Anticipatory Action Project of Jago Nari on district level to increase the capacity of resource pool in Patuakhali on Sunday.Chief Executive of Jago Nari Hosne Ara Hasi presided over the inauguration ceremony of the training programme and gave the welcome s...
Dumki Upazila Administration seized 17.5 tons of VGF rice from the house of Angaria UP Chairman Sayed Golam Martuza in Dumki Upazila of Patuakhli on Saturday. Dumki Upazila Nirbahi Officer Md Shaheen Mahmud seized the rice on Saturday night with the help of Dumki Police.UNO Md Shaheen Mahmud sa...
Manjurul Alam, acting principal of Women's Degree College in Kalapara of Patuakhali district, is holding his post illegally. The governing body of the college did not comply with the order of the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education (DSHE).The DSHE ordered the college governing bod...
Wildlife Olympiad-2024 was held in Patuakhali to raise awareness about forest and wildlife on Friday. It was organized by Forest Department with the help of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change at Patukhali Govt. Girl’s High School.Additional Deputy Commissioner (General) Ja...
Another Russell’s viper snake was caught within a day at Nalapara village under Dhulasar union of Kalapara Upazila in Patuakhali. The snake was caught in the net of Malaysian expatriate Md. Abdul Barek's house on Tuesday.The snake is almost 5 feet long. The people of the house noticed it t...
Jago Nari organization arranged a project inception workshop on early promotion and taking action to protect life and livelihood from climate related hazards at Kalapara and Patuakhali Sadar Upazila on Tuesday. The workshop was held at Madhumati Hall room of Patukhali Upazila Parishad.Khorshed Alam,...
A five-foot-long venomous Russell's Viper was netted by a farmer at Baultali village under Dhulasar Union of Kalapara Upazila in Patuakhali on Monday.The snake was netted in a pond of the farmer, Nur Haolader, at around 11:00am. The farmer hit the snake with a stick and put it in a plastic jar.A...
A businessman died of hydrophobia in Patuakhali's Baufal upazila on Wednesday.The deceaed Jalal Sikder, 50, was a resident of Sherebangla road in Baufal town.He died while undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Wednesday afternoon.It was known that Jalal Sikder has a grocery s...
A five-year-old child died from electrocution at Dashmina upazila in Patuakhali district on Saturday.The deceased was Salauddin, son of Solaiman Fakir, a resident of Pashchim Lakshmipur village in the upazila. Locals said, Rupa Begum, mother of the child, found her son an electric wire wrapped with ...
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