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
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
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
Drug Dealing in Khulna: Fingers pointed at some cops, politicians
Khulna is like a haven for drug dealers as several policemen, with ranks from constable to officers-in-charge, are directly or indirectly involved in the smuggling and the supply chain.
23 May 2018, 18:00 PM
A turnout that raises eyebrows
Of all the 286 polling centres in Khulna City Corporation, the one at Nayabati Haji Shariatullah Bidyapith in ward-10, stands out for recording a turnout of 99.94 percent voters.
16 May 2018, 18:00 PM
KCC polls: No BNP agents at 4 centres
Polling agents of the BNP-backed mayoral candidate are not seen in at least four polling centres during Khulna City Corporation elections since the voting began.
15 May 2018, 07:44 AM
A passion for home-grown science
To see deep green paddy as it sways to a gentle breeze is anybody's delight. The paddy fields of Aruni Mondal, 42,
26 November 2017, 18:00 PM
A university student builds his own drone
Suvik Roy, from Chunkuri village in Khulna's Dacope upazila, has long been inquisitive. From a young age and inspired by Hollywood movies, he has
21 November 2017, 18:00 PM
BCL man's terror pushes girl to breaking point
A teenage girl, a student of Govt LBK Degree College in Dacope upazila, has committed suicide in her dormitory room after Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) president of Bajua SN College allegedly took her to an undisclosed location by force the day before.
10 November 2017, 18:00 PM
The music maker of Khulna
In the brown shell of a coconut, in the dried casing of a rounded pumpkin or an asymmetric gourd, in buffalo horn and of course in
4 October 2017, 18:00 PM
Saiful came to Dhaka a week ago ‘looking for job’
Saying he would look for a job, Saiful Islam of Noyakathi village in Khulna's Dumuria upazila went to Dhaka just a week ago. But his
15 August 2017, 18:00 PM
Bhabadaha: A tale of sorrow
Once famed for the ingenuity of its 21 sluice gates designed to efficiently channel the water of several rivers through plains and
4 August 2017, 18:00 PM
Big cats in big trouble
Experts have expressed concern over the depleting Bengal tiger population in the Sundarbans as the number of tiger attacks in and around the mangrove forest has gone down significantly in recent years.
28 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Rain brings miseries, again
Yesterday's heavy rain inundated most parts of Khulna city again, causing sufferings to residents.
20 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Waterlogging a never-ending crisis in Khulna city
Due to unabated encroachment of canals and a lack of proper drainage and sewerage system in Khulna city, waterlogging has become a perennial problem for the dwellers, especially in the rainy season.
15 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Change Maker: Library on wheels
Travel the Khulna to Bagerhat Road and in the vicinity of Noihati in Khulna's Rupsha upazila you might see the curious sight of a man
23 June 2017, 18:00 PM
Vessel with cement clinkers capsizes
A lighter vessel, MV Sheba, with 800 metric tonnes of cement clinkers capsized in the Pasur river at Harbaria in the Sundarbans early yesterday.
5 June 2017, 18:00 PM
Back to back tragedy for a family
Sohel Sarder was a class-IV student in 1998 when his father was gunned down. His eldest brother, Abu Syed Badal, was killed in 2010
26 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Day labourer turns successful retailer
Malmolia village in Khulna's Dumuria upazila is remote. Thirty-five kilometres from the city, it doesn't have sealed roads or grid
25 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Igniting the flame
At first, Srabonti Saha Adhara was a bit perplexed when she heard she had to attend a self-defence class at her school.
16 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Khulna tax zone registers 1 lakh TIN-holders
The tax zone in Khulna has hit a significant milestone after registering 100,000 taxpayer's identification numbers in 2016-17, the
7 May 2017, 18:00 PM