CropsIn June 2026 BARI's Regional Horticulture Research Centre at Lebukhali, Patuakhali, was breeding new bean, pumpkin, brinjal, cucumber and okra varieties; its BARI Brinjal-12 and two BARI watermelons had become popular with farmers.
A 10-month-old boy named Ariyan has died of a venomous snakebite in Dashmina upazila of Patuakhali.
The government's 58-day ban on fishing in the coastal sea off Patuakhali ends at midnight on 11 June, and more than half a lakh fish workers in Kalapara upazila are making final preparations to return to the deep sea.
Member of Parliament Dr Shafiqul Islam Masud took part by hand in clearing waste left by a temporary Qurbani cattle market in Bauphal, Patuakhali, drawing praise from local people.
LivestockKalo Manik, a black Holstein Friesian bull of about 45 maund raised for seven years in Mirzaganj, Patuakhali, was sold for Tk 20 lakh at the Uttara Diabari market on 24 May 2026, Jagonews24 reported. Its farmer had asked Tk 22 lakh.
LivestockAhead of Eid-ul-Adha 2026, a farm in Mohipur, Kalapara, Patuakhali, asked Tk 16 lakh for two big bulls, the Friesian 'Bhoyonkor' and the Sahiwal 'Badsha Babu', which it said were raised on natural feed over four years.
A 16-maund Sahiwal bull called Raja Bahadur, raised on natural feed in Patuakhali's Kalapara, is drawing crowds with an asking price of Tk 5 lakh.
Hatchlings trapped under an abandoned shop at Kuakata's Lemburban were rescued and released at the mouth of three rivers.
A farmer in Mirzaganj, Patuakhali, is asking Tk 22 lakh for Kalo Manik, a 45-maund bull once gifted to Khaleda Zia.
Five bulls weighing more than 1,000 kg each, raised by Habibur Rahman Misbah, known nationally as 'Kuakata Huzur', are the talk of Kuakata's Eid cattle market.
EnvironmentOn 5 May 2026 volunteers of Animal Lovers of Patuakhali rescued an injured six-foot rat snake and a kalnagini (ornate flying snake) from two homes in Kalapara; both were treated at the upazila livestock office before a planned release into a forest.
CookingIn April 2026 Jagonews24 published a recipe for watermelon pudding: three cups of strained watermelon juice boiled with sugar, agar agar and lemon juice, cooled and chilled for 30 minutes.
After a long shortage, hilsa are again being caught at sea and in coastal rivers, but a fuel crisis is keeping many trawlers from going out.
