FruitsNasir Howlader of Porgolla started BARI Malta-1 on one bigha and expanded to 16; he sold about Tk 1.6 million worth last year, though heavy rain has knocked off some fruit this season.
HealthCases rose from 2,025 at the end of June to 12,676 by 5 October and 21 people have died this year; an IEDCR team found mosquitoes breeding at the base of betel nut and coconut trees and in orchard drains in Pirojpur.
FisheriesSome 15,000 people in at least 18 villages of Nesarabad, Pirojpur, make, sell or fish with the bamboo trap known as the chai, which sells for Tk 300 to 400.
Growers paddle dinghies of fresh guava into the Atghar-Kuriana canal at Nesarabad for buyers from Dhaka, Chattogram and Khulna; the Padma Bridge has lifted demand and tourists follow; DAE deputy director Soumitra Sarker wants a mini cold store and UNO Amit Dutta is planning visitor facilities.
River police arrested two men with about 220kg of deer meat on a trawler on the Belua river at Nesarabad in Pirojpur.
An acting headteacher in Kaukhali upazila has been suspended for having pupils plant tree branches instead of saplings during a government tree-planting programme.
FruitsAt Atghar Kuriana in Pirojpur's Nesarabad upazila, farmers sold guava from small dinghies in late July 2026; the DAE put the district's crop at 710 hectares and 7,210 tonnes and the market's trade at more than Tk 20 crore a season.
Hilsa and other fish are scarce in Pirojpur markets even at the height of the season, pushing prices beyond the reach of ordinary buyers.
FruitsPalpara Government Primary School in Pirojpur Sadar held its annual fruit festival on 23 June 2026, displaying more than 60 kinds of local fruit so that children could learn to recognise them.
In Pirojpur, a district known for rice and fish, commercial litchi farming is growing, with Tarabunia village in Nazirpur upazila now known as the litchi village.
Two big bulls named 'Donald Trump' and 'Lalu', raised naturally on a Pirojpur farm, are drawing visitors ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.
Miscreants allegedly poisoned a pond in Mathbaria, Pirojpur, overnight, killing fish worth about Tk 2-3 lakh in a pond local families also drink from.
The upazila administration in Pirojpur's Zianagar served panta bhat with coral and pangas fish rather than hilsa at its Bangla New Year event.
