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
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
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
Covid Test In Khulna: Of long wait and backlog
For more than two weeks, Champa Raptan and her husband Uttom Mondol from Khulna’s Dacope upazila have been waiting anxiously for their coronavirus test results.
9 July 2020, 18:00 PM
‘Where will we go?’
Thousands of workers of nine state-owned jute mills in the Khulna-Jashore industrial belt, passing days in mounting tension before the announcement of closure, are now sunk in gloom with the mills shut down.
8 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Jute Mills Closure: Two labour leaders detained
Law enforcers detained two jute mills labour leaders from their Khulna homes early yesterday for interrogation.
6 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Left ignored for 11 years
Bastuhara City Bypass Link Road in Khulna has remained uncared for for nearly a dozen of years as no authorities are willing to take its responsibility, resulting in extreme public sufferings.
3 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Curtain falls on 9 Khulna jute mills
Platinum Jute Mill’s worker Eratun Khatun broke down in tears when she saw the notice declaring the permanent closure of the organisation she had been with for almost three decades.
3 July 2020, 18:00 PM
State-Owned Mills’ Shutdown: Jute workers in Khulna prepare for movement
Workers of the nine state-owned jute mills in the Khulna region are preparing for an organised movement to protest the decision to hand all state-owned jute mills over to public private partnership.
28 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Khulna Division Covid-19: Two dedicated ICU facilities on deathbed
The 10 districts of Khulna division have only two ICUs for coronavirus patients -- that too are plagued with faulty equipment and inadequate medical supplies.
27 June 2020, 18:00 PM
4 held over killing of Khulna doctor
Police have arrested four persons, including the main accused, in connection with the death of Dr Abdur Rakib Khan in Khulna.
18 June 2020, 18:00 PM
‘Death by Wrong Treatment’: Doctor beaten to death by patient’s relatives in Khulna
A doctor, who was assaulted by a patient’s family members on Monday night over the allegation of wrong treatment which led to her death, passed away while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Khulna on Tuesday.
17 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Amphan-Hit Sundarbans: Damage 3 times worse than Bulbul’s
The lush green banks of the Shibsa river winding through the Sundarbans, once outlined by the beautiful keora and golpata trees, have turned all grey and pale yellow.
9 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Amphan Aftermath: Water crisis with water all around
There’s water all around Amena Begum. Yet, her son has to bring drinking water in a raft from a shallow tube well 2.5km away.
6 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Docs denied hotel stay
Six doctors treating Covid-19 patients were not allowed on Monday night into a Khulna hotel where they were supposed to stay as per an arrangement made by the district administration.
2 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Take care of embankments
With 70 villages under water now, repair of damaged embankments is the first priority for the people of Khulna’s Koyra upazila.
30 May 2020, 18:00 PM
Cyclone took everything they had
Mahmuda Akhter and her two children were heading towards Moharajpur area in Koyra upazila yesterday to look for a dry place to live.
28 May 2020, 18:00 PM
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