Sushanta Ghosh

To recover, they have expanded cultivation this year, using more land and producing a wider variety of seedlings

Despite centuries of life on the water, the Mantas remain invisible in official records.

Relatives claim they are now at West Bengal jail

Large-sized hilsa have almost disappeared from markets across the southern region, with traders reporting that most of the catch now weighs between 200 and 400 grammes.

Despite being more than a century old, the main building of Barishal General Hospital has remained incomplete for four years, forcing patients to receive treatment in cramped tin-shed rooms.

This year, fishermen have been returning with lesser catches and bigger losses.

A significant number of roads within Bhola municipality, including several vital ones, are in a dilapidated state, causing immense suffering to locals.

Patients and their families have alleged severe mismanagement, overcrowding, and poor healthcare services at the medicine ward of Barishal’s Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital (SBMCH), which is currently operating out of a cramped five-storey building not originally designed to serve patients.