13 years on, Khulna Shipyard Road project still unfinished
20 July 2026, 00:00 AM
A Tk 280 crore road expansion project on one of Khulna city’s busiest entry routes has remained stalled for the past 10 months, leaving thousands of commuters to endure daily hardship while authorities remain uncertain about when construction will resume.
20 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Khulna city footpaths reoccupied after renovation
15 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Footpaths across Khulna city, renovated at a cost of hundreds of crores of taka to improve pedestrian mobility, are increasingly being reoccupied by hawkers, forcing people onto busy roads and creating daily safety risks.
15 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Heavy monsoon rain affects 5 lakh farmers
14 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Prasad Roy had big plans for this Aman season.
Just last week, the farmer from Khalashi Bunia village in Khulna’s Batiaghata upazila prepared a 10-katha seedbed, hoping to raise enough saplings to plant across 17 bighas of paddy land.
14 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Moderate rainfall leaves Khulna under water again
13 July 2026, 21:15 PM
38mm downpour floods roads and homes; residents question city’s waterlogging projects
13 July 2026, 21:15 PM
6 months after a poacher’s snare nearly took her leg, a tigress returns to Sundarbans
12 July 2026, 17:38 PM
A Royal Bengal tigress has been released into the wild after an unprecedented rehabilitation effort in Bangladesh
12 July 2026, 17:38 PM
After six months of treatment, rescued tigress to return to Sundarbans tomorrow
11 July 2026, 12:55 PM
Forest officials say the big cat will remain under watch of 20 trap cameras
11 July 2026, 12:55 PM
Third flood in 10 days exposes Khulna’s drainage crisis
10 July 2026, 16:34 PM
Despite Tk 750 crore in spending, many neighbourhoods remain trapped in stagnant water after heavy rain
10 July 2026, 16:34 PM
Second flooding in eight days puts KCC drainage project under scrutiny
9 July 2026, 16:15 PM
Residents and experts blame poor planning, narrowed canals and inadequate maintenance for recurring waterlogging
9 July 2026, 16:15 PM
Poisonous baits a threat to Sundarbans fish
Sundarbans’ marine resources, including fish and crustacean stocks, are depleting due to indiscriminate use of poisonous substances for fish baits, raising concerns among environmentalists.
12 October 2023, 18:00 PM
Sluice gates need urgent repairs
Farmers in Khulna’s Koyra upazila are facing difficulties with Aman cultivation as sluice gates in the area are mostly not working.
6 October 2023, 18:00 PM
Sorry state of a Khulna hospital
A lack of proper supervision and renovation has left the 58-year-old Khulna Chest Disease Hospital in a sorry state.
26 September 2023, 18:00 PM
Defiance is their reply
Over a hundred children and teens eagerly waiting to learn self-defence tricks at the Tatultala Government Primary School grounds -- this is what this correspondent saw when he visited the place yesterday afternoon.
16 September 2023, 18:00 PM
Mujgunni highway: Once draped in greenery, now deserted
Large uprooted tree trunks lying on the Mujgunni highway -- this is what this correspondent saw when he visited the road yesterday morning.
6 September 2023, 18:00 PM
34mm rain floods Khulna city
Just 34 millimetres of rainfall was enough to inundate two-third of Khulna city, effectively washing away the tall claims of monsoon preparedness by the authorities.
1 September 2023, 18:00 PM
Clash With Traders: Patients suffer as KMCH interns continue strike
Mujibul Haque from Kharnia village in Dumuria upazila of Khulna came to Khulna Medical College Hospital yesterday with his eight-year-old daughter for treatment.
16 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Erosion in Khulna’s Dacope Upazila: Of displaced people and lost arable land
In the 1960s, a series of embankments stretching 153 kilometres were constructed in Khulna’s Dacope upazila to protect the region from flooding and erosion.
10 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Attacked and intimidated, all for playing football
First, they were attacked for playing football. Now, they are being threatened with acid attacks.
2 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Locals suffer for delay in drainage work
“Every day for the last couple of weeks, my son has to cross extensive mud patches to go to school. He is tired and does not want to go to school anymore,” said Rumana Akhtar, a resident of road-11 of Bastuhara area in Khulna city.
1 August 2023, 18:00 PM
U-17 Khulna Division: Girls attacked for playing football, wearing shorts
When she is supposed to be at football practice, she is tossing and turning in a hospital bed with a bandaged head.
30 July 2023, 18:00 PM
Tiger footage spurs hope for big cat population
The number of Bengal tigers in the Sundarbans have increased in the last five years, according to forest department officials.
28 July 2023, 18:00 PM
Khulna-Satkhira Regional Highway: Renovated in 2020, deteriorated by 2023
Dilapidated, riddled with potholes, and patches of deteriorated bitumen -- such is the situation of Khulna-Satkhira regional highway.
27 July 2023, 18:00 PM
A foul-smelling nuisance
The Sonadanga-Mujgunni highway has been transformed into a dumping ground, thanks to indiscriminate dumping of waste beside it by the Khulna City Corporation.
21 July 2023, 18:00 PM
500 beds, 1,500 patients
The 500-bed Khulna Medical College Hospital is currently treating over 1,500 patients on a daily basis.
18 July 2023, 18:00 PM
Plastic waste chokes Khulna drains
Due to unplanned waste disposal and improper management, most drains of Khulna City Corporation have turned into garbage heaps.
7 July 2023, 18:00 PM
Polling ends, load shedding begins
Before the city corporation polls, the electricity situation was comparatively better in Khulna compared to other cities of the country. However, only a day after the election, it started to worsen.
14 June 2023, 18:00 PM
Khulna City: Voting thru EVM proved problematic for some
The voting in Khulna city polls went ahead peacefully yesterday with no incidents of violence or obstruction of voters from casting ballots reported.
12 June 2023, 18:00 PM
In Khulna, it’s AL versus AL
Awami League leaders and activists have become the main contesters of each other for most of the councillor posts in the Khulna City Corporation election.
9 June 2023, 18:00 PM
Who will get BNP’s vote?
With BNP’s significant vote bank up for grabs, politicians and experts are now wondering which candidates will emerge victorious in the upcoming Khulna City Corporation polls slated for June 12.
7 June 2023, 18:00 PM