CropsA woman in Guabaria village of Patuakhali Sadar planted about 200 jujube grafts on 20 decimals of fallow riverside land; she told Jagonews24 in January 2026 that the orchard turned a profit in its second year.
The Buragauranga river in coastal Patuakhali is the centre of livelihoods, farming and culture for people along its banks, but it now faces erosion, encroachment and silting.
An endangered otter kept on a chain at a house in Mahipur, Kalapara, was rescued by the Forest Department and a local animal welfare group.
An injured black-crowned night heron held in a chicken shop at Alipur fish port was rescued, treated and released in Kuakata.
Abul Bashar Howlader, a farmer in Patuakhali's Galachipa, died after a snakebite when his family called a village healer before taking him to hospital.
Although the hilsa ban has ended, Patuakhali's markets have little hilsa and high prices, and fishermen say their nets are coming up almost empty.
Fishermen landed thousands of hilsa at Patuakhali's Alipur-Mohipur on the morning the 22-day ban ended, though much of the catch had rotted because ice plants were closed.
A volunteer group of Kamalapur natives planted more than 6,000 medicinal trees and held a free medical camp in Kamalapur, Patuakhali.
Drone cameras are being used for the first time in Dashmina, Patuakhali, alongside five layers of security to enforce the 22-day ban on catching mother hilsa.
Two children were allegedly tied hand and foot and beaten in public in Galachipa, Patuakhali, over accusations of stealing hilsa, with a UP member and a fish trader said to be involved.
Trawlers at Patuakhali's Alipur-Mohipur landing centre are bringing in plenty of small hilsa but hardly any large fish, leaving fishermen disappointed.
A 2.5kg hilsa caught deep in the Bay of Bengal was sold at open auction at Alipur fish landing in Kalapara for Tk 8,750.
A 40-year-old woman in Patuakhali died after a snake bit her while she was cooking, despite being given antivenom in hospital.
