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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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Minority voters hold key in Khulna

The voters from minority communities will play a major role in the six constituencies of Khulna during tomorrow's polls as they hold a large stake in the area's vote bank.
28 December 2018, 18:00 PM

Khulna-3: Jute workers' vote a deciding factor

A tough competition awaits candidates in Khulna-3 constituency (Khalishpur, Daulatpur and Khanjahan Ali) as around 25 percent of the total voters, consisting of jute mill workers, are still indecisive.
26 December 2018, 18:00 PM
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Voters skeptic about EVM use

Confusion remains among many over casting votes using electronic voting machines in Satkhira-2 and Khulna-2 as they have no practical knowledge of the machines.
21 December 2018, 18:00 PM
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Candidates of AL, BNP pledge big

Promises of further development work are Awami League contestants' election mantra in Khulna while the BNP candidates are pledging “restoration of democracy”.
17 December 2018, 18:00 PM
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The tigress of Sundarbans

A rifle slung on her back, grenades stashed in her pockets, and a five-month-old baby in her arms was how freedom fighters in the Sundarbans witnessed as Khurshid Jahan joined them in the Liberation War in 1971.
16 December 2018, 18:00 PM
Textbook Festival Day 2018

Oikyafront Campaign: Women the key force

The Jatiya Oikyafront candidates in the six constituencies of Khulna are heavily depending on female activists for their campaigns as most of the men are either on the run or under cover fearing police.
16 December 2018, 18:00 PM
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AL runs on full throttle, BNP missing

With the election 14 days away, campaigning should be in full swing but the situation in Khulna is different.
15 December 2018, 18:00 PM

BNP-nominated Jamaat men confident of win in Khulna

BNP-nominated candidates from Jamaat-e-Islami have full confidence to keep five constituencies in Khulna division in the December 30 general election.
14 December 2018, 18:00 PM
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EVM demo begins in Khulna

The Election Commission (EC) yesterday started public demonstration of electronic voting machines (EVM) at four centres of ward 22 under Khulna City Corporation.
9 December 2018, 18:00 PM

New voters to be a major factor in Khulna

A total of 3,67,000 new voters have been added to the updated voter list in Khulna district, taking the total number of voters to 18,00,656, who would exercise their franchise in the December 30 election.
6 December 2018, 18:00 PM

Khulna child hospital overrun after flu attack

Hundreds of children are being deprived of immediate care as Khulna Shishu Hospital is overflowing with patients after a recent outbreak of viral fever.
26 November 2018, 18:00 PM
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Khulna gets a brand new train station

Dhaka-bound “Chitra Express” left the newly-constructed train station in Khulna yesterday morning around 8:40am. On March 3, 2018 Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the station but some technical and administrative work caused the delay in starting formal operations.
25 November 2018, 18:00 PM
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A waning nostalgia

When Picture Palace and Ullasini were built in 1940s, they were the first cinema halls in Khulna and drew movie-lovers from far and wide. Back at the time and the decades following it, cinema-going was a social event to be enjoyed with family and friends.
17 November 2018, 18:00 PM

BNP aspirants on the run amid fear of arrest in Khulna

Most BNP leaders of Khulna hopeful of contesting the national election in six constituencies in the district are not found in their localities, fearing arrests and harassment.
11 November 2018, 18:00 PM

Khulna city marred by uncollected waste

Around 200 tonnes of waste remain uncollected on Khulna City Corporation (KCC) streets every day -- causing health risks and environmental hazards for city dwellers.
3 November 2018, 18:00 PM
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Exactly how do you rehabilitate pirates?

Palash Sheikh, a man of 32, runs a tea stall at Narkeltola Bazaar near Mongla upazila under Bagerhat district. Just a few miles south of the bazaar, lies the world's largest coastal mangrove forest, the Sundarbans.
1 November 2018, 18:00 PM
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HIV cases on the rise in southern districts

The prevalence of HIV/AIDS infections among people of southern districts are increasing sharply, raising health concerns in the region.
4 October 2018, 18:00 PM
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Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay's Aranyak (1939): the “Modern,” the “Non-modern” and the Nation-state

Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay is a name entwined with the rural Bengal and its people. He specifically focused on the north-western districts of the undivided Bengal and brought out an amazing portrayal of the simple rustic life and its scenic beauty.
28 September 2018, 18:00 PM
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Labour safety ignored at Rampal plant

The death of 15-year-old Sajib, a worker at the Rampal Power Plant site, brought attention to an issue that went previously unnoticed -- the lack of safety gears and the unsafe conditions that the plant workers have to face.
3 September 2018, 18:00 PM
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Over 3,000 people still homeless

About 3,000 people affected by Aila in Dakope and Koyra upazilas have been living on embankments as refugees for nine years since the cyclonic storm that hit the country's southwest region on May 25 in 2009.
26 May 2018, 18:00 PM

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