Barishal

Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah served as mayor of the Barishal City Corporation (BCC) from 2018 to 2023. He also held the post of general secretary of the now activity banned Barishal Metropolitan Awami League. Backed by his political connections and family ties to the country's former premiere, he reportedly expanded his influence far beyond his role as mayor and emerged as a powerful political figure. Residents of Barishal grew increasingly frustrated with what they described as his oppre...

Marzuk Abdullah, joint general secretary of the Barishal metropolitan unit of Chhatra Shakti, the student wing of NCP, continues to move freely around Barishal city despite having an arrest warrant hanging over him in a robbery case. Police, however, claim they have been unable to execute the warrant because they cannot locate him. Yet this same Marzuk Abdullah appeared before the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court in Barishal last Thursday and filed a sabotage case against...

Barishal’s Olympic Cement Limited has been declared permanently closed due to continued business losses and a shortage of raw materials and US dollar-linked import letters of credit (LCs). The plant had remained shut for production for the past one month. The company formally announced the d...

Members of the Animal Lovers of Patuakhali have rescued a pair of Ornate Flying snakes from the office of the DIG of Barishal Range. After an operation lasting about three and a half hours, the couple of snakes were recovered by breaking the wall of the DIG's room.The operation took place from 4 PM...

Police have arrested former mayor of Banaripara Municipality and freedom fighter Golam Saleh Manju Molla in Barishal. He was arrested early Sunday from his residence in Ward No. 4 of Banaripara municipality town. Police showed him arrested in a case involving explosives and arson filed by Monir...

A sharp fall in prices of sacrificial animal hides in Barishal has sparked anger among the general public and madrasas involved in hide collection. Due to prices far below expectations, many people left their hides unsold at traders’ points. Local traders also said they are struggling as tannery...