AgribusinessOn 19 July 2026 traders at Barishal's Port Road landing centre said only 100 to 150 maunds of hilsa were arriving a day, against an expected thousand, and fish of about one kilogram sold for Tk 2,800 to Tk 3,000, sending many buyers to pangas.
EnvironmentLaunching the planting of 350 saplings along both banks of the Sagardi canal in Barishal city on 13 July 2026, Prime Minister Tarique Rahman said people must protect their own environment, warning that "we will be the ones who suffer" if they do not.
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman urged people to look after newly planted saplings every day, as they would a newborn child, and said widespread tree planting was essential to cope with climate change.
EnvironmentOn 13 July 2026 Prime Minister Tarique Rahman opened a tree-planting programme on the bank of the newly dug Sharikal-Batajor canal in Gournadi, Barishal, where 2,500 saplings were to be planted that day.
Watermelon is by far the biggest fruit crop in Barishal division, followed by betel nut, coconut, banana and mango, according to 2024-25 production data.
Barishal division produced 1,943,075 tonnes of watermelon, but experts say without storage and processing technology the fruit is wasted in season and missing the rest of the year.
AgribusinessThe hilsa season had begun in June 2026, yet little hilsa reached Barishal's Port Road wholesale fish landing centre: on 2 June about 60 maunds arrived where some 1,000 were expected, and prices were high.
A four-foot kalnagini snake was rescued from inside an air conditioner at a private clinic in Barishal and released by the forest department.
EnvironmentOn 8 June 2026, Animal Lovers of Patuakhali rescued a second pair of kalnagini, or golden tree snakes, from the office of the Barishal Range DIG, bringing the total found there in two days to four.
Members of Animal Lovers of Patuakhali have rescued a pair of kalnagini snakes from the office of the Barishal Range DIG.
AgribusinessAbout 60 maunds of hilsa reached Barishal's Port Road wholesale market on 2 June 2026, against a thousand expected at that time, and one-kilogram fish sold for Tk 2,500 to 3,000 a kg. Traders blamed short supply; some buyers alleged a syndicate.
AgribusinessOn 29 May 2026, the day after Eid ul-Adha, traders on Barishal's Port Road paid Tk 300 to 450 for a cowhide and almost nothing for goatskins, and angry madrasas said they might stop collecting hides at the next Qurbani.
CropsSaikat Raihan Sakin of Barishal Sadar started a small fruit garden with money saved from private tuition during the Covid pandemic. By May 2026 it had become a one-acre nursery and mixed orchard with more than 80 mango varieties, which he told Jagonews earns him Tk 5 lakh to Tk 7 lakh a year.
