Sana Ullah Sanu

A man rows a boat in a flooded area of Lakshmipur. Photo: Sana Ullah Sanu/TBS
Bangladesh

Over 300 villages in Lakshmipur cut off, cry for drinking water

A paddy field in Lakshmipur inundated in heavy rainfall and unusually high tides. The flooding has devastated thousands of acres of Aman paddy seedlings and vegetable farms across several coastal districts in the southern region of the country. Photo: TBS
Agriculture

Heavy rains, high tides cause southern farmers massive crop loss

Fayez and his 18-month-old son. Photo: Courtesy
TragicTales

'Fayez married me out of love for orphans. Now I have no one'

Representational Image. Photo Credit: DW/Mayalok Film
Bangladesh

How solar power saves the day for Char Abdullah residents despite Remal

A devastated Enamul Gazi, a resident of Telikhali village in Khulna's Paikgacha upazila, sits amid the destruction in the aftermath of Cyclone Remal which destroyed 15 out of 20 houses in his settlement, including his own, leaving them flooded and submerged. The photo was taken on Wednesday. Photo: Awal Sheikh
Bangladesh

Everything gone in blink of an eye

Illustration: TBS Graphics
Bangladesh

Sweat, songs and sun glare: The Bangladeshi farmers braving intense heat to keep pantries stocked

Farmers harvest watermelons on Char Kakra located in the middle of Meghna River between Lakshmipur and Bhola districts. Around 200 farmers from the same village and clan have moved on the char and will stay there for four months to produce watermelons. The photo was taken on 23 March. Photo: Sana Ullah Sanu
Bangladesh

The ‘nomadic’ watermelon farmers of Char Kakra

A farmer is spraying fertiliser in his paddy field at Char Kakra on the River Meghna in Lakshmipur. This photo was taken in October last year. Photo: Sana Ullah Sanu
Agriculture

Hope for climate resilience: Native rice varieties survive in Meghna chars

Ulania Meghna embankment. Photo/Farid Farabi
Crime

Sailors cry for steps as robbers rule Meghna

Locals use boats to cross a channel between two chars or shoals that have emerged in the Meghna River in Lakshmipur. Most of the char lands in the district have been illegally occupied by some influential individuals. Photo: TBS
Crime

How encroachers reign over 1 lakh acres of Meghna chars with their lathials

Village women knit prayer caps in Lakshmipur. Five lakh such caps worth around Tk5 crore are exported to different countries each month. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Hand-crafted caps earn Lakshmipur women self-reliance, generate Tk5cr a month in exports

Lack of rain this monsoon season has rice farmers worried as the Aman cultivation period is in full swing in the country. Seedbeds have dried up and farmers have been forced to opt for costly irrigation. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Aman seedbeds drying up for lack of rain

Home to more than 3,000 people, the Dakshin Andharmanik village in Lakshmipur sadar upazila remains underdeveloped for decades. A lack of communication system isolated the village from the rest of the region. Photo: TBS
Districts

Neglected Lakshmipur village cries for development, basic amenities