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
Crab catching unabated near Sundarbans
Random catching of mother crabs in different rivers and canals in the coastal areas adjacent to the Sundarbans is going on unabated,
30 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Use of banned net killing fish resources
To stroll along the Pankhali Ferry Ghat riverbank via Chalna Bazar in Khulna's Dacope upazila is to watch fishers busy, dawn to dusk, as they haul fine-mesh triangular nets in the hope of collecting juvenile shrimp.
28 March 2017, 18:00 PM
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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