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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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Sorry state of a Khulna hospital

A lack of proper supervision and renovation has left the 58-year-old Khulna Chest Disease Hospital in a sorry state.
26 September 2023, 18:00 PM
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Defiance is their reply

Over a hundred children and teens eagerly waiting to learn self-defence tricks at the Tatultala Government Primary School grounds -- this is what this correspondent saw when he visited the place yesterday afternoon.
16 September 2023, 18:00 PM
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Mujgunni highway: Once draped in greenery, now deserted

Large uprooted tree trunks lying on the Mujgunni highway -- this is what this correspondent saw when he visited the road yesterday morning.
6 September 2023, 18:00 PM
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34mm rain floods Khulna city

Just 34 millimetres of rainfall was enough to inundate two-third of Khulna city, effectively washing away the tall claims of monsoon preparedness by the authorities.
1 September 2023, 18:00 PM
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Clash With Traders: Patients suffer as KMCH interns continue strike

Mujibul Haque from Kharnia village in Dumuria upazila of Khulna came to Khulna Medical College Hospital yesterday with his eight-year-old daughter for treatment.
16 August 2023, 18:00 PM
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Erosion in Khulna’s Dacope Upazila: Of displaced people and lost arable land

In the 1960s, a series of embankments stretching 153 kilometres were constructed in Khulna’s Dacope upazila to protect the region from flooding and erosion.
10 August 2023, 18:00 PM
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Attacked and intimidated, all for playing football

First, they were attacked for playing football. Now, they are being threatened with acid attacks.
2 August 2023, 18:00 PM
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Locals suffer for delay in drainage work

“Every day for the last couple of weeks, my son has to cross extensive mud patches to go to school. He is tired and does not want to go to school anymore,” said Rumana Akhtar, a resident of road-11 of Bastuhara area in Khulna city.
1 August 2023, 18:00 PM
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U-17 Khulna Division: Girls attacked for playing football, wearing shorts

When she is supposed to be at football practice, she is tossing and turning in a hospital bed with a bandaged head.
30 July 2023, 18:00 PM
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Tiger footage spurs hope for big cat population

The number of Bengal tigers in the Sundarbans have increased in the last five years, according to forest department officials.
28 July 2023, 18:00 PM
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Khulna-Satkhira Regional Highway: Renovated in 2020, deteriorated by 2023

Dilapidated, riddled with potholes, and patches of deteriorated bitumen --  such is the situation of Khulna-Satkhira regional highway.
27 July 2023, 18:00 PM
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A foul-smelling nuisance

The Sonadanga-Mujgunni highway has been transformed into a dumping ground, thanks to indiscriminate dumping of waste beside it by the Khulna City Corporation.
21 July 2023, 18:00 PM
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500 beds, 1,500 patients

The 500-bed Khulna Medical College Hospital is currently treating over 1,500 patients on a daily basis.
18 July 2023, 18:00 PM
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Plastic waste chokes Khulna drains

Due to unplanned waste disposal and improper management, most drains of Khulna City Corporation have turned into garbage heaps.
7 July 2023, 18:00 PM
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Polling ends, load shedding begins

Before the city corporation polls, the electricity situation was comparatively better in Khulna compared to other cities of the country. However, only a day after the election, it started to  worsen.
14 June 2023, 18:00 PM
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Khulna City: Voting thru EVM proved problematic for some

The voting in Khulna city polls went ahead peacefully yesterday with no incidents of violence or obstruction of voters from casting ballots reported.
12 June 2023, 18:00 PM
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In Khulna, it’s AL versus AL

Awami League leaders and activists have become the main contesters of each other for most of the councillor posts in the Khulna City Corporation election.
9 June 2023, 18:00 PM
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Who will get BNP’s vote?

With BNP’s significant vote bank up for grabs, politicians and experts are now wondering which candidates will emerge victorious in the upcoming Khulna City Corporation polls slated for June 12.
7 June 2023, 18:00 PM
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New manifesto, old pledges

Talukder Abdul Khaleque, the ruling party’s candidate for the mayoral position in the upcoming Khulna city polls on June 12, has presented electoral pledges similar to those in his 2018 manifesto for the Khulna city polls.
6 June 2023, 18:00 PM
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Councillor candidates the centre of attention

Voters have been showing more interest towards councillor candidates rather than mayoral ones in the upcoming Khulna City polls, scheduled for June 12.
5 June 2023, 18:00 PM

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