[1] It accounts for most of the land area of Bhola District in Barisal Division.

[7] The Island has faced chronic power issues, although natural gas was discovered in Shahbazpur in 1994.

The government decided to build a power plant which is expected to fully operational by August 2015.

When a toddler named Rahima Banu became infected with the virus, the World Health Organization sent a team to vaccinate 18,150 individuals who lived within a 1.5-mile radius of her home, which prevented the spread of the virus and eliminated it.

Significant floods in the months and years before had caused severe erosion and led to a number of rivers overflowing.