Barisal, Bangladesh News

The two-day 'Shishu Mancha' children's drama festival ended Thursday evening through staging 'Ha-Ja-Ba-Ra-La' of Sukumar Roy at Ashwini Kumar Hall in the Barisal city.

A beggar approaches a car waiting at the traffic signal for alms which is a familiar sight in Dhaka streets.

A ruling party-backed quarter is selling housing plots allegedly filling a portion of the River Kirtankhola near the Barisal port.

Most of the high-rises in the Barisal city do not have fire safety management, violating building construction and civil defense codes.

The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party and its ally, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, had called for anti-government rallies across the country but the government slapped a ban on all gatherings in the capital, Dhaka, and five other cities including Chittagong, Sylhet, Rajshahi, Khulna and Barisal.

The opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Saturday deferred till Monday the procession it earlier planned to hold in Dhaka today as the DMP ordered a ban on rallies and processions for 18 hours beginning this morning.

The High Court has asked the government to take departmental action against former officer-in-charge of Bakerganj Police Station in Barisal district in connection with the police inaction to save the life of a schoolgirl, Sejuti Akter, who committed suicide last year after being gang-raped. The bench of justices A H M Shamsuddin Chowdhury and ... (more)

Indian odissi dancer-choreographer Monalisa Ghosh amazed the audience in Barisal with a brilliant performance on Monday at the Aswani Kumar Hall.

The 4-day children's film festival in Barisal featuring 25 short, full length feature and animated films ended on Tuesday.

Around 25 short , full length feature and animated films produced by children's of Bangladesh, UK, USA, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Zambia, Italy, Iceland, Germany, India, Holland, France, Japan, Peru, Argentina, Malayasia and Iran are participating at the Barisal venue.

The Barisal port authorities lodged a case with Barisal Kotwali police station and another under the marine act with the marine court against three staff-members of a passenger vessel for damaging structures of the river port.

Illegal note and guide books, published for students of Class I to X, have flooded the markets in Barisal, defying a government ban on such books.