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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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Welcome to the genocide museum

Rare pictures and paintings depicting the genocide of Bangalees by the Pakistan army hang on the wall. There is also a rich collection
23 March 2017, 18:00 PM
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Precious water for people in need

Even three months ago, Josna Biswas of Chalna municipality in Khulna's Dakop upazila had to walk 1.5km twice a day to fetch two pitchers of water from the municipality pond.
21 March 2017, 18:00 PM
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Khulna water crisis will be over in a yr

The construction of a Tk 2,558 crore water treatment plant, which will ensure safe drinking water for the 1.6 million
6 March 2017, 18:00 PM
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Of plants & healing

Naznin Akhter Nipa's garden in Katianangla, in Khulna's Batiaghata upazila, is full of weird and wonderful plants. Some, like pineapple,
15 February 2017, 18:00 PM
The Sundarbans

No efforts yet to salvage sunken ship

Ten days have gone but nobody seems to be in a hurry to recover MV Aichgati, which went down in the Pasur near the Sundarbans
23 January 2017, 18:00 PM
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Footpath, road grabbing woes for Khulna pedestrians

Like other divisional cities including Dhaka, the hawkers in Khulna keep grabbing the city footpaths too, causing sufferings to
29 November 2016, 18:00 PM
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Easy bikes plaguing Khulna city

Over 13,000 unauthorised battery-run auto-rickshaws are plying Khulna city streets and the number of the vehicle,
11 September 2016, 18:00 PM
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Rain worsens water-logging in Bhabodaha

The recent downpour for a couple of days has brought immense sufferings to around 1.3 million people, already affected by water-
29 August 2016, 18:00 PM
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