Khulna

For many residents of Bagerhat's coastal communities, accessing specialized diagnostic services has often meant long and exhausting journeys to Khulna ... Show more

Cancer care closer to home for Bagerhat's coastal communities

An acute shortage of post-larvae (PL) is disrupting Golda or freshwater prawn farming in the Khulna-Bagerhat region as several hatcheries and nurseries remain ... Show more

Post-larvae shortage leads to Bagerhat hatchery crackdown

According to data provided by the district police, violence is spread across several areas and linked to different types of conflicts ... Show more

Khulna sees 33 killings in nine months

The sprawling shrimp-processing factories along the Rupsha River once symbolized Khulna's emergence as a major export-oriented industrial hub. Khulna's shrimp factories fall silent as supply shrinks

When several-month pregnant Raisa Begum fell ill and was admitted to Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH), she had to spend days in a cramped corner beside ... Show more

KMCH struggles with nearly 4 times its capacity

The corridors of Khulna Medical College Hospital are no longer merely passageways for patients and attendants. They have become makeshift treatment spaces as ... Show more

Dengue surge in Khulna leaves patients struggling for hospital beds

The dengue situation in Dhaka, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Mymensingh divisions is a “matter of concern”, State Minister for Local Government Mir Shahe ... Show more

Dengue situation in 5 divisions 'matter of concern': Shahe Alam

Two people were killed as a bus collided head-on with a motorcycle on Jashore-Khulna highway in Abhaynagar upazila of Jashore today. Bus drags motorcycle nearly half a km after Jashore crash; 2 killed

Disease outbreaks have destroyed shrimp across hundreds of farms in Batiaghata of Khulna, with farmers reporting estimated losses of more than Tk 15 crore over ... Show more

Disease outbreak wipes out shrimp at 250 Batiaghata farms

Customs authorities have seized 10 trucks carrying nearly 73 tonnes of duplex board in Old Dhaka's Nayabazar area, days after the consignment imported ... Show more

Customs seize Khulna-bound imported board in Old Dhaka

Slow Reads : His longing for Calcutta was so acute that he ultimately did not go to Dhaka. He settled down in Khulna instead. Khulna Town was much nearer the border ... Show more

Calcutta's Muslims after Partition

Roads submerged in murky water, residents wading through knee-deep water, neighbourhoods becoming inaccessible and vehicles breaking down have become common ... Show more

Plastic waste clogs Khulna drains

In 2020, the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council gave the green light to build the 1.6km bridge, which would provide a direct road link from ... Show more

The bridge that never came to be

Dengue is surging across Khulna, with two more deaths and 75 new hospital admissions reported in the division in the past 24 hours ... Show more

Dengue surge overwhelms Khulna hospitals as deaths, admissions climb

Frequent power outages across southwestern Bangladesh are pushing the country's export-oriented shrimp industry deeper into uncertainty ... Show more

Power shortages threaten Khulna's shrimp sector

Three members of a family, including a two-year-old, were killed and another was critically injured after a truck ran over their motorcycle in Khulna's ... Show more

Three of a family, including child, killed in Khulna road crash

Committee asked to submit its findings within 30 working days Sexual harassment allegations: Khulna University dismisses professor, investigating another

An ordinary cooking process took an alarming turn at an eatery in Paikgachha, Khulna, when beef reportedly turned green in the pot ... Show more

Why did the beef turn green? Khulna officials seek answers

Khulna University students today boycotted all academic and administrative activities, demanding a fair investigation after a man was detained for allegedly ... Show more

KU students boycott classes over hidden phone in women's washroom

According to the BMD forecast, light to moderately heavy rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty winds are likely at most places in the Dhaka ... Show more

Rain likely across country, heavy falls forecast in four divisions

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has expressed deep concern over a shooting targeting a group of journalists in Khulna late Tuesday night after they ... Show more

Shooting targeting journalists in Khulna an attack on press freedom: TIB

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A domestic dispute between a couple led police to uncover the alleged murder of an easy bike driver who had been missing for nearly five months in Khulna ... Show more

Domestic dispute leads police to body of missing man in Khulna

At least five people were killed and seven others injured after a passenger bus ran over a crowd who had gathered to collect eggs from an overturned truck on ... Show more

Five killed as bus runs over crowd collecting eggs after truck overturns

A tigress critically injured after being caught in a deer poachers' snare in the Sundarbans on January 3 is set to return to the wild after making a full ... Show more

After six months of treatment, rescued tigress to return to Sundarbans tomorrow

The mother of 17-year-old Arfan Hossain Nirjana, a class 10 student of Government Iqbal Nagar Secondary School in Khulna, has confessed to killing her daughter ... Show more

Mother confesses to killing 10th grader in Khulna

A prisoner escaped from Khulna's old district jail by scaling its boundary wall this afternoon but was rearrested about two and a half hours later with the ... Show more

Prisoner escapes by scaling Khulna jail wall, rearrested hours later

Two people were killed and three others injured after a truck collided head-on with an easybike on the Khulna-Satkhira highway this afternoon. Truck-easybike collision leaves 2 dead, 3 injured in Khulna

The body of former Khulna city BNP office secretary Mohammad Mohibuzzaman Kochi has been exhumed today, nearly five months after his death. Body of former Khulna BNP leader exhumed 5 months after death

For nearly three years, 112 kilometers of roads across Khulna city have remained unrepaired as the Khulna City Corporation (KCC) and Khulna WASA have been ... Show more

112km Khulna city roads lie unrepaired for nearly 3 years

A schoolgirl was injured after allegedly being shot by unidentified assailants in Rupsha embankment area of ​​Khulna city on Friday evening. Schoolgirl hospitalised with bullet wound in Khulna

Overnight rain and intermittent morning showers left large parts of Khulna city submerged yesterday, paralyzing daily life in a familiar monsoon ordeal ... Show more

Rain leaves Khulna roads under water

A suspected forest robber has been killed in a reported gunfight with the Bangladesh Coast Guard during an operation in Khulna's Koyra upazila ... Show more

'Forest robber' killed in 'gunfight' with Coast Guard in Khulna

The Dhaka-Khulna highway, in Faridpur's Madhukhali upazila, was blocked by locals today demanding justice over the death of a young man in Detective Branch ... Show more

Faridpur highway blocked over DB custody death; BNP demands justice, banned BCL mourns 'dedicated activist'

The crocodile shifted from the pond of Khan Jahan Ali Shrine in Bagerhat has refused food for the last 19 days after being relocated to the Wildlife Rescue and ... Show more

Bagerhat shrine crocodile refuses food for 19 days after relocation

A 20-kilowatt solar power plant and training centre in Khulna city, set up in 2008 to promote renewable energy and create public awareness ... Show more

Khulna solar plant lies idle for 14 years

A police officer and his wife have been arrested on charge of physically assaulting a domestic help in their residence in Khulna. Police officer, wife arrested over assault on domestic help in Khulna

The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has forecast moderately heavy to heavy rainfall in Rajshahi, Dhaka, Khulna ... Show more

Moderately heavy to heavy rainfall likely in Dhaka, 3 other divisions

A surge in shootings, targeted killings, and armed attacks fueled by political feuds and underworld rivalries has exacerbated law‑and‑order concerns ... Show more

10 killings a day fuel concerns over law and order

Two people were injured, one of them with bullet wounds, after unidentified assailants opened fire inside a mosque in Khulna city during Fajr prayers today ... Show more

Two injured, one with bullet wounds, in Khulna mosque attack

Interviews with more than 20 female students from DU, Khulna University, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) ... Show more

Public universities: Curfew for women, freedom for men?

A businessman was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Khulna city this afternoon, police said. Businessman shot dead in broad daylight in Khulna

Rail communication between Khulna and northern parts of the country remains suspended since this morning after a freight train derailed near Chhabdarpur ... Show more

Derailment halts rail links of Khulna with northern districts

The Khulna Divisional Children's Hospital, built by the government at a cost of around Tk 115 crore to provide specialized treatment for child patients ... Show more

Children's hospital sits idle for 2 years

Experts warn that the decline of the Shoilmarī could trigger severe and permanent waterlogging across vast areas of Batiaghata ... Show more

Boats no longer sail where ships once passed

The Khulna Divisional Children's Hospital, built by the government at a cost of around Tk 115 crore to provide specialized medical facilities for child ... Show more

Khulna Divisional Children's Hospital: Tk 115cr govt-run facility lies unused amid negligence