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Dipankar Roy

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Lone genocide museum closed for 17 months

The country’s only genocide museum in Khulna has remained closed for visitors for around 17 months.
9 December 2025, 18:35 PM
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E-waste mismanagement puts Khulna at risk

Khulna city’s poor handling of electronic waste has become a serious threat to public health and the environment.
20 November 2025, 21:33 PM
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Unchecked snail harvest threatens Khulna ecology

Unchecked collection of snails from swamps, croplands and waterbodies in Khulna and neighbouring areas is posing a serious threat to the region’s ecological balance.
1 November 2025, 18:00 PM
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Business Plus / Sundarbans faces a new test as eco-tourism surges

More Bangladeshis, foreign visitors are heading into the world's largest mangrove forest
31 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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Khulna on edge amid rise in murders

After dusk, an eerie silence descends on Khulna city. Fear creeps into homes, roads, and alleyways alike -- fear of another murder, another lifeless body found somewhere.
17 October 2025, 19:52 PM
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Dacope Upazila / 40hrs on, no repair to breached Dhaki embankment

More than 40 hours after the collapse of an embankment on the Dhaki river in Khulna’s Dacope upazila, authorities have yet to take any step for repairs, while water continues to inundate vast areas, submerging homes, croplands, and fish enclosures.
9 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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Sheikhpura boat market: Sustaining livelihoods in a drying delta

In the southwestern delta of Bangladesh, where roads vanish under monsoon waters, boats are critical for survival. Whether it is fishing, visiting the local bazaar, harvesting crops, or going to school, the rainy season demands one thing above all — a boat. This necessity has made the vessel an indispensable part of the rural economy. For those looking to buy one, the best destination remains the century-old Sheikhpura boat market in Khulna’s Terokhada upazila.
6 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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Shipyard Road left in ruins for over a decade

For more than a decade, Shipyard Road stretching from Khulna’s Rupsha Traffic Intersection to Khan Jahan Ali (Rupsha) Bridge has been a nightmare for commuters, businesses and students. What was once a bustling artery of trade and transport has turned into a pothole-ridden stretch.
2 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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19 public toilets for 17 lakh people of Khulna city

For a growing city of 1.7 million people, most of whom are constantly on the move, there are only 19 public toilets in Khulna.
28 February 2022, 18:00 PM
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From hope to horror, in a matter of hours

Parimal Roy, a middle aged small trader, was sobbing beside Khulna city’s Rupsha Kitcken market. His complexion had turned pale, while some people were trying to console him. He simply kept repeating how all of his dreams had turned to ashes.
26 February 2022, 18:00 PM
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Traffic lights that never light up

On Saturday, Khulna city’s Shibbari intersection was in utter chaos. It was a free-for-all, as vehicles only stopped when police officers jumped in front of them, risking their lives.
9 February 2022, 18:00 PM
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The Sundarbans: Calls grow louder for eco-friendly tourism

As soon as winter begins, the Sundarbans sees an influx of tourists who come to enjoy the tranquil and exotic atmosphere of the world’s largest mangrove forest.
3 February 2022, 18:00 PM
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A bridge too low

Khulna’s Mayur River has been gradually shrinking due to faulty design of a bridge on it by the Roads and Highways Department (RHD).
30 January 2022, 18:00 PM
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1.7 million people, 0 public bus in Khulna city

There’s no city bus service for 1.7 million residents of Khulna for the last four years.
25 January 2022, 18:00 PM
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Almost Gone

Taltala canal, once a two kilometre-long vital waterbody flowing through Khulna city, is approaching extinction due to indiscriminate garbage dumping.
19 January 2022, 18:00 PM
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A decade of nothing

The Bastuhara-Boyra Housing Market was constructed 10 long years ago. But even after all this time, the Khulna City Corporation (KCC) owned market is yet to launch.
14 January 2022, 18:00 PM
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Where putrid stench greets patients

Imagine a dumpster sitting right opposite the main gate of a hospital, spreading a ghastly stench. Those who dump waste here don’t even bother to make sure their trash is placed at the bin, which means there’s at least a few feet of waste around the dumpster. Even though the bin has remained at such a sensitive spot for years, no steps have been taken to remove it.
11 January 2022, 18:00 PM
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Country’s first art school building faces extinction

The Maheshwarpasha Art School was established in 1904 by artist Shashibhushan Pal, the first of its kind for the East Bengal region.
7 January 2022, 18:00 PM
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Mayur river at death’s door

The Mayur, one of the main freshwater rivers of Khulna, is at death throes due to continuous encroachment and unchecked pollution.
6 January 2022, 18:00 PM
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When waste piles up

Almost 400 tonnes of waste remain uncollected in Khulna City Corporation (KCC) streets and drains every day, causing health risk and environmental hazards for city’s 1.7 million dwellers.
4 January 2022, 18:00 PM
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Gadkhali: flower hub reemerging from pandemic woes

As the dawn breaks, agricultural fields in Gadkhali, a remote village in the southwest district Jashore, unfold themselves with abundance of colours, calling upon nature lovers to come inside and feel the beauty of nature.
3 January 2022, 18:00 PM
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Rising onwards and upwards

Right on the bank of the Kapotakkha stands a quintessential fishermen village named Hitampur. Poverty is quite rampant. As Manik Bandyopadhyay once wrote, “God does not come to Jelepara (fishermen’s neighbourhood)”, it is, indeed, an everyday battle.
2 January 2022, 18:00 PM
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Slow but not even steady

The cost for an important road project in Khulna city is likely to see a hefty Tk 160 crore increase, after the project was delayed due to land acquisition issues.
26 December 2021, 18:00 PM
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Khulna Newsprint Mills: Shut 20 years ago, yet spent Tk 33cr

For many in their 30s and above, the word newsprint occupies a good part of memories of their schooldays.
29 November 2021, 18:00 PM
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Khulna’s mosquito problem refuses to go away

The mosquito problem of Khulna city is becoming more and more menacing by the day. Right after sunset, the insects start swarming the city’s ponds, bushes, water bodies, and drains. Soon enough they start thronging households too.
15 November 2021, 18:00 PM
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Bhairab in peril

Rampant river-grabbing by influential persons mixed with reluctance on the authorities’ side to take steps against them, squeezed into a corner, the Bhairab river stands as a major waterbody being completely given to grabbing and pollution.
3 November 2021, 18:00 PM
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Coastal People: Not merely at mercy of nature

“Many are leaving this area and going someplace else to live. Their homes are submerged and they have no means of livelihood here. It is hard even to get drinking water sometimes.”
30 October 2021, 18:00 PM
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Action borne out of frustration: Locals repair Khulna road

For 10 years, the MA Bari Link Road, adjacent to Sonadanga bus stand in Khulna city, has remained completely unnavigable.
17 October 2021, 18:00 PM

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