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Dipankar Roy

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Soft-shell crab farming / The new gold of Sundarbans coast

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
17 January 2026, 00:00 AM
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Lone genocide museum closed for 17 months

The country’s only genocide museum in Khulna has remained closed for visitors for around 17 months.
9 December 2025, 18:35 PM
9 December 2025, 18:35 PM
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E-waste mismanagement puts Khulna at risk

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
20 November 2025, 21:33 PM
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Unchecked snail harvest threatens Khulna ecology

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
1 November 2025, 18:00 PM
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Business Plus / Sundarbans faces a new test as eco-tourism surges

More Bangladeshis, foreign visitors are heading into the world's largest mangrove forest
31 October 2025, 18:00 PM
31 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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Khulna on edge amid rise in murders

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
17 October 2025, 19:52 PM
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Dacope Upazila / 40hrs on, no repair to breached Dhaki embankment

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
9 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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Sheikhpura boat market: Sustaining livelihoods in a drying delta

In the southwestern delta of Bangladesh, where roads vanish under monsoon waters, boats are critical for survival. Whether it is fishing, visiting the local bazaar, harvesting crops, or going to school, the rainy season demands one thing above all — a boat. This necessity has made the vessel an indispensable part of the rural economy. For those looking to buy one, the best destination remains the century-old Sheikhpura boat market in Khulna’s Terokhada upazila.
6 October 2025, 18:00 PM
6 October 2025, 18:00 PM
Hanging building poses threat on Khulna-Satkhira highway

Tilted building poses threat to travellers

A four-story building, located at the Gutudia intersection on Khulna-Satkhira regional highway, is on the verge of collapse, posing an imminent risk of accidents
26 November 2024, 16:22 PM
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KMCH struggles to cope with dengue patients

Khulna is witnessing a surge in the number of dengue patients every passing day.
12 November 2024, 20:00 PM
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Around 50,000 farmers at risk of missing Boro season

Ullas Biswas is unsure if he will be able to cultivate Boro paddy on his five bighas of land in Khulna’s Dumuria upazila this season as his entire land is waterlogged.
11 November 2024, 18:14 PM
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An important yet problematic route

The Khulna-Satkhira Highway, renovated at a cost of Tk 160 crore in 2020, has deteriorated significantly within four years. Some stretches of the road now appear like uneven railway tracks.
5 November 2024, 18:00 PM
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Khulna-Satkhira Highway: A vital yet problematic route

The Khulna-Satkhira Highway, renovated at a cost of Tk 160 crore in 2020, has deteriorated significantly within four years. Some stretches of the road now appear like uneven railway tracks
5 November 2024, 15:00 PM
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Khulna Region: Integrated farming gaining ground

Integrated farming methods involving multi-crop strategies are gradually transforming the agricultural landscape in Khulna region.
2 November 2024, 18:00 PM
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Hamkura in Khulna: A river once flowed here

The once-mighty Hamkura River that flowed through Dumuria upazila in Khulna now lives only in the memories of locals.
1 November 2024, 18:00 PM
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Work stalled over contractors’ fraudulence

The construction works of a new four-storey building of Koyra Upazila Health Complex in Khulna have come to a standstill due to negligence and fraudulence by the contractor.
26 October 2024, 21:54 PM
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Abandoned for 11 years

The condition of the Sonadanga Bypass road (from MA Bari Road to the city bypass road), located adjacent to the Sonadanga Bus Terminal in Khulna city, has deteriorated to a deplorable state.
25 October 2024, 21:02 PM
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Shrinking Soilmari threatens livelihoods

The once mighty Soilmari river, flowing through Khulna’s Batiaghata and Dumuria upazilas, is in dire need of excavation.
13 October 2024, 19:54 PM
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Khulna Textile Mills: Abandoned for 31 years

The once-thriving Khulna Textile Mills Limited, now a neglected relic of the past, has remained abandoned for nearly 31 years. Established in 1931 as the Acharya Prafulla Chandra Cotton Mill, the mill sits on 25.63 acres of land in the heart of Khulna city.
12 October 2024, 20:40 PM
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Under water for over a month

The homestead of Rahman Sheikh, a farmer of Gutudia village in Khulna’s Dumuria upazila, has been submerged for the past 45 days.
10 October 2024, 18:00 PM
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E-waste a growing concern in Khulna

Electronic waste, or e-waste, is rapidly becoming a menace for Khulna city dwellers due to Khulna City Corporation’s lack of facilities to manage this type of waste.
8 October 2024, 18:00 PM
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Watermelon in fish farms

Around 6,200 farmers across nine upazilas of Khulna have been cultivating off-season watermelon on approximately 919 hectares of land in fish farms.
28 September 2024, 19:31 PM
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Waste disposal plant struggles to meet deadline

The Khulna City Corporation’s waste disposal project is facing significant delays, with only half of the work completed despite being eight months past its initial deadline.
27 September 2024, 18:00 PM
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Rain damages 60pc of Khulna’s fish enclosures

Incessant rain over the past three days has caused significant damage to fish farms across Khulna, particularly impacting shrimp farmers during their harvest season.
26 September 2024, 18:00 PM
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Unregulated snail collection raises concerns in Khulna

Indiscriminate collection of snails from croplands and swamp areas has raised alarms in Khulna.
26 September 2024, 18:00 PM
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Ashrayan Project in Dumuria: Flooded homes push families into uncertainty

Fifty-six houses under an Ashrayan project in Dumuria upazila, Khulna, have been under knee-deep water for the past two months due to flooding.
21 September 2024, 20:00 PM
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Farmers fear major losses as 327mm rainfall submerges crops

Continuous rainfall over the past four days has caused widespread flooding across new areas of Khulna, inflicting severe damage to vast tracts of Aman paddy and vegetable crops.
17 September 2024, 18:00 PM
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Tk 523cr spent, yet city drowns every time it rains

Khulna City Corporation has spent Tk 523 crore in the last six years on a project aimed at alleviating the city’s waterlogging problems.
15 September 2024, 18:00 PM

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