Amphan aftermath: A trail of devastation in Khulna’s Koyra upazila
Cyclone Amphan has devastated Koyra upazila in Khulna district, leaving the marks of its fury at every corner of the upazila.
24 May 2020, 11:06 AM
Healthcare at a halt
Due to lack of personal protective equipment (PPE), doctors at Khulna Medical College Hospital seem to be reluctant to treat people with coronavirus symptoms, causing sufferings or even death to the patients.
26 March 2020, 18:00 PM
In search of drinking water
“Other sufferings are bearable, but not suffering for lack of water.”
21 March 2020, 18:00 PM
People have to walk 2km for water
“Other sufferings are bearable, but not suffering for lack of water.”
21 March 2020, 18:00 PM
The landless afraid of being homeless again
As many as 150 families sheltered at Ashrayan-2 project in Digholia upazila are living under threat of erosion.
12 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Everyone’s out to destroy it
Those days are long gone when the rich and the powerful used to unleash their army of mercenaries, then known as ‘lathials’, to occupy a piece of land by force.
3 March 2020, 18:00 PM
City entrance in sorry state as authorities evade responsibility
Bricks and stones coming off, innumerable potholes to evade, engulfed in dust during dry weather and in mud during monsoon -- this is the sorry state of Sonadanga Bypass Road in Khulna city.
28 February 2020, 18:00 PM
It was an accident waiting to happen
With trains arriving and departing and people hopping on and off carriages, Khulna Railway Station is a busy junction.
23 February 2020, 18:00 PM
Coronavirus outbreak: Khulna’s crab, eel trade losing Tk 4cr every day
Thousands of farmers and traders in Khulna region are incurring losses worth Tk four crore every day as crab and eel exports to China have been suspended due to the coronavirus outbreak.
8 February 2020, 15:06 PM
Dilapidated city streets spell misery for Khulna commuters
Dilapidated roads in Khulna are causing immense sufferings to city dwellers, who say 60 percent of roads are in poor condition due to lack of reconstruction and repair after development projects.
1 February 2020, 18:00 PM
‘Govt did not take it seriously’
Workers of eight state-owned jute mills in Khulna and Jashore industrial belt went on an indefinite hunger strike again from yesterday, to press home an 11-point demand including implementation of wage commission.
29 December 2019, 18:00 PM
Cyclone Bulbul: 4,500 trees in Sundarbans damaged
Cyclone Bulbul damaged 4,589 trees in the Sundarbans, mostly in the western part of the mangrove forest under Khulna and Satkhria districts, according to the Bangladesh Forest Department.
16 November 2019, 18:00 PM
Khulna farmers happy getting agri-service in local market
With an advice slip on his hand, paddy farmer Swapon Kumar Mondal looks happy returning home from the Kalinagar haat. The slip, obtained from officers of Dacope Upazila Agriculture Office (DAO), has recommendation about solving a problem that occurred in Swapon’s paddy field in Kalinagar village.
15 November 2019, 07:32 AM
Growing popularity of taro
The mammoth 10 feet tall pani kochu (taro) plants are a sight to behold.
2 November 2019, 18:00 PM
Khulna hotel accommodates 765 candidates for free
A hotel in Khulna city has provided free accommodation to 765 candidates of Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (Kuet) admission test.
18 October 2019, 18:00 PM
Criticising Indian Deal: Facebook post causes AL leader’s suspension
The Khulna district Awami League (AL) has suspended its executive committee member Sheikh Baharul Alam for criticising the recent India-Bangladesh deals on Facebook.
10 October 2019, 18:00 PM
Hotel construction puts trade school buildings at risk
The academic-administrative building and an adjacent tin-roofed one of UCEP Mohsin Khulna Technical School are seemingly at risk due to construction of a high-rise beside the institution, according to Kuet experts.
1 October 2019, 18:00 PM
Scanty rain worries Khulna farmers
Aman cultivation in the ongoing sowing season is badly hampered amid insufficient rain in the district as farmers are reluctant to use saline water for irrigation.
22 August 2019, 18:00 PM
Whose road is it anyway?
Authorities’ indifference, as well as lack of foresight and responsibility have left the Khulna city bypass connectivity road in a sorry state, at the expense of local residents and inter-district buses passing through it.
21 August 2019, 18:00 PM
Khulna Bastuhara colony waterlogged for five days
Rainwater has not receded from Khulna city’s Bastuhara colony even after five days, causing immense suffering to its 10,000 residents.
21 August 2019, 18:00 PM