Barisal

American  

[buhr-uh-sahl, bar-uh-sawl] / ˌbʌr əˈsɑl, ˈbær əˌsɔl /

noun

1. a port city in S Bangladesh, on the Ganges River.

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Example Sentences

Younger women, aged from 15-19 years, and women from urban slums and disaster-prone coastal regions such as Barisal and Khulna experienced even higher rates, of more than 80 percent, the survey added.

From Barron's

China helped with two coal plants, in Barisal and Payra.

From New York Times

Mr Hossain was born in Barisal, Bangladesh, and came to the UK in 1995.

From BBC

They live in Barisal, one of the oldest municipalities and river ports in the country.

From New York Times

Local interviewers for the Bhasa survey, who have spoken to people from 40,000 households so far, have also found that in 97% of drownings in Barisal, no one in the area had cardiopulmonary resuscitation training.

From The Guardian