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Local seeds for local needs

27 February 2026, 00:00 AM
Karuna Mondal, a 55-year-old homemaker from Shukdara village in Batiaghata upazila of Khulna, has spent over 40 years involved in farming. For nearly all of that time, she has dedicated herself to collecting and preserving indigenous seeds, many of which have disappeared from mainstream agriculture.
27 February 2026, 00:00 AM
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Soft-shell crab farming / The new gold of Sundarbans coast

17 January 2026, 00:00 AM
For generations, coastal families living near the Sundarbans have depended on shrimp farming, fishing, timber cutting, and honey collection to survive.
17 January 2026, 00:00 AM
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Lone genocide museum closed for 17 months

9 December 2025, 18:35 PM
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

20 November 2025, 21:33 PM
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

1 November 2025, 18:00 PM
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

31 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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

17 October 2025, 19:52 PM
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

9 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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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Experimental vannamei shrimp cultivation underway

Bangladesh has finally started to farm vannamei shrimp on pilot basis following pleas from exporters as locally grown black tiger shrimp and freshwater prawn are unable to compete with cheaper varieties in western markets.
5 April 2021, 18:00 PM
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Amphan Aftermath: 600 families still living on embankment

It has been 10 months since the cyclone Amphan hit Bangladesh, but over 600 families have still been living on an embankment at Kashirhatkhola point in Khulna’s Koyra upazila.
27 March 2021, 18:00 PM
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World Water Day: Cry for water in the south

Roksana Khatun moves aside dirt and floating leaves from a pond, slowly lowers her earthen pitcher into it and fills it with around 20 litres of water.
21 March 2021, 18:00 PM
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How a mother’s love took a nursery to astounding heights

“Whenever someone visits for the first time, the serenity of being surrounded by saplings all around is bound to amaze. Sometimes even I am baffled by the many varieties added over the years.”
25 February 2021, 18:00 PM
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Brick Kilns in Khulna’s Dumuria: United they kill rivers

The Bhadra, once a free-flowing river in Khulna’s Dumuria upazila, has been turned into a narrow canal over the years, thanks to encroachment by brick kilns run by local influential people, including elected representatives.
11 February 2021, 18:00 PM
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List ready, but who will administer?

With only a week left before the countrywide Covid-19 vaccination campaign kicks off on February 7, training of field-level healthcare workers in Khulna division is yet to start.
30 January 2021, 18:00 PM
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Ray of Anirban

Myth says that the philosopher’s stone was a substance that could turn ordinary metal into gold.
14 January 2021, 18:00 PM
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Khulna City Corporation keeps dumping garbage on busy road

In a blatant disregard for public health and environment, Khulna City Corporation has been dumping garbage on a part of Boyra bypass road for a long time.
3 January 2021, 18:00 PM
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Amphan still taking a toll

Thirty-seven villages in Pratapnagar and Sriula unions of Satkhira’s Assasuni upazila went under water when Cyclone Amphan broke major river embankments at several points in May this year.
28 November 2020, 18:00 PM

13 detainees shown arrested as named accused in case

Thirteen people out of the 14 who were allegedly detained by police -- during and following a clash between law enforcers and agitators protesting jute mill closure in Khulna’s Atra industrial area on Monday -- were shown arrested in a case yesterday.
20 October 2020, 18:00 PM
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Jute workers, cops clash; 25 hurt

At least 25 people, including three police personnel, were injured in a clash between police and jute mill workers on Khulna-Jashore highway yesterday morning.
19 October 2020, 18:00 PM
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Energypac to raise Tk 150cr from capital market

Energypac Power Generation is set to raise Tk 150 crore through initial public offering (IPO), the proceeds of which will be used to make liquid petroleum gas (LPG) more available as a primary fuel source for vehicles in Bangladesh and repay the company’s bank loans.
1 October 2020, 18:00 PM

Bullet removed from Lamia’s leg after 60hrs

Lamia Akhter, the sixth grader of Khulna city who got hit by a stray bullet on Friday, underwent successful surgery on her leg yesterday at Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH).
31 August 2020, 18:00 PM
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Lamia lies in agony

Nearly a day and a half after she was hit by a stray bullet in front of her own house, 15-year-old Lamia was lying in a bed at Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH) in unbearable anguish last night, the piece of metal still lodged deep inside her body.
29 August 2020, 18:00 PM
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Most city drains clogged

Due to unplanned waste disposal and improper waste management, most drains of Khulna City Corporation (KCC) have turned into garbage heaps.
25 August 2020, 18:00 PM
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Just 39mm of rain inundates Khulna city

A moderate rain inundated around two-third of Khulna city yesterday, causing immense suffering to the dwellers.
28 July 2020, 18:00 PM
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Tidal surges hamper life in 6 villages

Even two months after the cyclone Amphan, some six villages in Khulna’s Koyra upazila are still under three to four feet of water, preventing villagers from returning to their homes and livelihoods.
22 July 2020, 18:00 PM

No case filed over Khulna murders yet

Over 48 hours have passed since three people were shot dead and another was beaten to death over the management of a local madrasa committee in Atra-Gilatola Eastern Gate area of Khulna city on Thursday, but no case has been filed yet.
18 July 2020, 18:00 PM
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Nowhere to go

Nurunnahar Begum is 62.
18 July 2020, 18:00 PM
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Three shot dead in clash over supremacy

Three villagers were killed and seven others injured after a local Awami League leader and his two brothers allegedly opened fire on them at Moshiali village of Atra-Gilatla Eastern Gate area in Khulna city on Thursday night.
17 July 2020, 18:00 PM

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