Rain disrupts life in Khulna city
After yesterday noon’s rainfall, two-thirds of Khulna city had to deal with severe waterlogging. The rain inundated the city and made residents suffer immensely.
29 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Waterlogged for 70 days
It started around 70 days ago. Due to heavy rainfall, almost a third of Khulna city went underwater, including the low-lying Bastuhara colony area. But while the rest of the city has since recovered, the water is yet to drain out of Bastuhara.
27 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Shrimp processors closing down
Bangladesh’s frozen shrimp processing industry is struggling to survive as factories are closing down one after another due to a lack of raw materials, competition with cheaper white-leg shrimp vannamei in the export markets and inadequate government support, according to the Bangladesh Frozen Foods Exporters Association (BFFEA).
4 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Climate-adaptable Aman: Khulna farmer develops 6 varieties
After chasing his dream for over a decade, 46-year-old Aruni Sarkar, a farmer from remote Gangarampur village of Khulna’s Batiaghata upazila, finally succeeded in developing high-yielding and climate-adaptable varieties of Aman paddy.
29 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Khulna’s vegetable growers frown over low prices
Vegetable farmers in Khulna are being unable to secure fair prices for their produce as the ongoing coronavirus crisis has disrupted the supply of these crops to different parts of the country, including Dhaka.
9 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Khulna grapples with spiraling Covid cases
The number of death and positive cases of Covid-19 has been spiraling in Khulna division, turning the situation bad to worse.
7 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Bastuhara canal on deathbed
Once a 4km long waterbody flowing through Khulna city, today the Bastuhara canal is headed towards virtual extinction, thanks to years of indiscriminate garbage dumping and illegal occupation.
25 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Khulna division goes thru’ its worst Covid-19 surge
The number of infections and deaths in Khulna division this month has broken all previous records.
19 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Dilapidated for 10 years
About 5.5 kilometres of Sonadanga-Mujgunni highway, one of the busiest roads in Khulna city, is increasingly becoming almost unusable for vehicular movement, as it has remained unrepaired for the last 10 years.
16 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Khulna residents pay little heed to health guidelines
Large crowds were seen at different places in Khulna city, right after the lockdown was relaxed. Gatherings were especially visible at clothing, cattle and wholesale markets yesterday.
15 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Khulna residents unfazed by lockdown
On the fourth day of the weeklong lockdown, droves of Khulna city residents gathered and crowded at kitchen markets, ignoring health guidelines amid an increasingly worsening situation.
25 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Khulna on edge of health disaster
Three days after testing positive for Covid-19, Abul Kashem Sheikh started having severe breathing difficulties on June 18.
23 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Khulna seeing the worst of pandemic
With the Covid situation worsening further in Khulna division, the health directorate yesterday reported 82 deaths from the virus all over the country -- the highest in the past seven weeks.
20 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Surge in Covid-19 Cases: Patients struggle as KMCH at capacity
Poritosh came to Khulna Medical College Hospital’s dedicated Covid-19 unit all the way from a Moheshkura of Bagerhat’s Morelgong upazila on
12 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Khulna’s lone dedicated hospital full to the brim
With the number of Covid-19 patients on the rise, the dedicated hospital for treating coronavirus in Khulna is struggling to cope with the pressure.
9 June 2021, 18:00 PM
A life marked by displacement
In many ways, Jamuna Mondal’s life has been shaped by river erosion and climate change.
5 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Enhance support for shrimp farmers, jute mill workers
Various labour organisations and industry experts have urged the government to allocate special funds in the upcoming national budget to help distressed jute mill workers and shrimp farmers survive the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
30 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Big blow to fish farmers
Fish, shrimp enclosures and other structures in coastal areas surrounding the Sundarbans were damaged by tidal surges and storms due to the impact of cyclone Yaas, causing a loss of over Tk 5 crore.
28 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Water crisis grips Khulna city
For the last two months, every morning Helena Khatun, a resident of Moilapota area in Khulna city, wakes up hoping that she will be able to manage enough water for the day.
24 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Khulna sees poor rainfall in two decades
The Khulna region has not seen any rainfall in the last seven months.
24 May 2021, 18:00 PM