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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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A cut above the rest

Pick any bazar in any upazila in the country, and you’ll find a barbershop. For many, it’s a quintessential place to hang out and chitchat about anything and everything while getting a haircut.
12 June 2019, 18:00 PM
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Toxic medical waste poses health risks in Khulna

Almost half of the hospitals and clinics in Khulna do not follow proper medical waste management system, putting city dwellers at risk of health hazards.
11 June 2019, 18:00 PM
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Khulna footpaths abuzz with Eid shoppers

Customers are thronging shops on footpaths in Khulna city ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr expected to be celebrated tomorrow.
3 June 2019, 18:00 PM

Eid Rush: Special Dhaka-Khulna train today

Bangladesh Railway will run a special train service for Eid travellers on the Dhaka-Khulna route today, albeit for just one day.
2 June 2019, 18:00 PM
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Jute mills plagued by a dearth of raw materials

The nine state-owned jute mills in Khulna and Jashore are lagging way behind their production targets amid a shortage of raw materials.
20 May 2019, 18:00 PM
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Anxious wait at cyclone shelters

It was shortly after 3:30pm yesterday when Saddam Sana, a 44-year-old farmer, arrived at a temporary cyclone centre in Dacope’s Tildanga health complex. He was completely drenched and quivering. Saddam along with his wife and two children...
3 May 2019, 18:00 PM
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Fish enclosures now grabbers’ favourite tool

Building of fish enclosures as a means to encroach on canals, waterbodies and even rivers is plaguing the country in recent times. The plague has almost reached epidemic proportions in Khulna’s Botiaghata upazila.
29 April 2019, 18:00 PM

Voter list updating begins

With a target to collect information about 1.8 lakh voters, the Election Commission started a voter list updating programme in Khulna district yesterday.
23 April 2019, 18:00 PM
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Reunited after 10 years

Though it had been over 10 years since she saw him, it took Selina Akhter less than 10 seconds to recognise her father on Friday.
20 April 2019, 18:00 PM

Jute mills workers withdraw 96hr strike

Jute mill workers have withdrawn their strike, protests and blockade, following a five-hour meeting with government officials held in Dhaka on Monday night around 11:30 pm.
16 April 2019, 18:00 PM
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The tightening noose of golden fibre

The jute industry is in such deep debt that it would have to sell an arm and a leg, and perhaps both kidneys too, to be able to pay all that it owes their workers.
11 April 2019, 18:00 PM
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Testament to atrocities

“I stood motionless in front of a table where a broken helmet and Pakistani currency were displayed at the martyred gallery.
25 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Trapped in their own home

In 2003, Ashor Khalashi bought a piece of land in Khulna city with all the savings he had.
24 February 2019, 18:00 PM

KCC mayor vows to free up canals

Khulna City Corporation (KCC) Mayor Talukder Abdul Khaleque yesterday vowed to free all 22 canals of the city from encroachment, and urged all stakeholders to help the upcoming eviction drive, after mapping and demarcation of the canals.
4 February 2019, 18:00 PM
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Khulna Medical College: Acute teacher shortage hampers education

An acute shortage of teachers has been hampering academic and administrative activities at Khulna Medical College (KMC) for a long time, making life difficult for teachers and students alike.
2 February 2019, 18:00 PM

Sound pollution falls on deaf ears

Noise pollution has turned acute in Khulna city, as sound levels have gone beyond the permissible level at many points of the city, putting public health at risk.
29 January 2019, 18:00 PM
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Khulna canals in peril

Once, Khulna city was blessed with the flowing waters of over 50 canals.
24 January 2019, 18:00 PM

Police recover two dead bodies in Khulna

Police recovered two dead bodies from a rented room at Sonadanga Bus Terminal area in Khulna city on the night of January 18 (Friday).
19 January 2019, 18:00 PM
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Drains of Khulna city choked

Most drains of Khulna City Corporation (KCC) have turned into garbage heaps due to unplanned waste disposal and improper waste management. City dwellers are facing environmental degradation and health risks due to blockages in the drainage system and contamination of water resources near uncontrolled dumping sites.
17 January 2019, 18:00 PM

EVM seat sees significantly lower turnout than others

The numbers from Sunday's parliamentary polls in Khulna indicate that voters turned out in droves to exercise their rights, with the exception of the one constituency where electronic voting took place.
31 December 2018, 18:00 PM

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