Sohrab Hossain

Under-aged Sadia was married to a young man of Shrirampur village, showing her to be marriageable by a registrar

Patuakhali Latif Municipal Seminary, a famous non-government secondary level educational institution, is celebrating

The Kuakata sea beach area sees gradual encroachment as a section of people are making illegal structures in the picturesque tourist

The Khakdan river flowing through Barguna town is being filled up by local influential people who are constructing illegal structures on both sides of the river.

Seasonal fish drying has started in the coastal areas of Bhola, Patuakhali and Barguna and thousands of people, including a good number of women and children, are now engaged in the job.

Over 150 primary school buildings in seven out of eight upazilas in Patuakhali district have become badly damaged

The only seismograph in the country's southern part at Patuakhali Science and Technology University (PSTU) has remained inoperative for four years due to lack of a sensor.

After illegally occupying a 1.57 acre plot of land donated under Islamic law for charitable purpose, known as a waqf estate, a Jubo

Illegal structures are springing up along the Kuakata beach ignoring a High Court directive issued five years ago.

World Bank President Jim Yong Kim will visit Rakudia village in Babuganj upazila under the district tomorrow to hear the success stories

The Department of Youth Development (DYD) has taken an innovative step to provide training to the youth on using computer and browsing the internet in Amtali upazila of Barguna.

Water Development Board (WDB) is going to take up a mega project to save Kuakata beach from erosion.

Construction of much needed Rangabali Union Parishad (UP) Complex in Rangabali upazila headquarters could not be completed even

Jamal Ibne Musa, who made all the arrangements for reuniting Indian boy Sonu with his family in New Delhi and was dubbed "Bajrangi Bhaijaan" after a Bollywood blockbuster of the same name by Bangladeshi and Indian media for his noble efforts to save him, was acquitted of two cases filed by the boy's "captors".

Work for a straw-based bio-gas cum power plant, first of its kind in the country, is going on in full swing to produce 500 cubic metres of bio-gas and 80 KW (kilowatt) of electricity for the country's biggest seed firm at Bashbaria in Dashmina upazila under the district.

A real estate company named The Sunrise Beach Resort hung a signboard in Gangamoti area on Kuakata beach, 'occupying' khas land.

They defy the mysterious, uncertain sea, fighting against storms and huge waves to make a living by fishing in the sea, yet their biggest concern in the Bay of Bengal is not the natural elements but the robber gangs active there.

Bangladesh's third seaport at Payra in Patuakhali will begin its experimental operations today.

The recent terror attacks have adversely affected the tourism business in Kuakata as foreigners and many domestic tourists have

Jamal Ibne Musa, whose efforts helped a trafficked Indian boy to reunite with his family, has received a fresh threat yet again on Sunday