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.
1d ago
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.
1w ago
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.
1w ago
Unregulated snail collection raises concerns in Khulna
Indiscriminate collection of snails from croplands and swamp areas has raised alarms in Khulna.
1w ago
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.
1w ago
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.
2w ago
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.
3w ago
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.
3w ago
August 29, 2024
‘We want a sustainable embankment’
After the flood-protection dam was breached and 13 villages in Deluti union under Khulna’s Paikgachha upazila were flooded last Thursday, around 7-8 thousand people had to leave their homes and take shelter on higher grounds, including other parts of the embankment, roadsides, and different educational institutions.
August 28, 2024
Most KCC dev projects halted
After the fall of the Awami League-government on August 5 following a mass uprising, Khulna City Corporation’s mayor, most of the ward councillors, and pro-AL contractors went into hiding.
August 27, 2024
Khulna schools see thin presence
Although most schools in Khulna city and nine other upazilas are open, attendance across these institutions has only been 30 to 35 percent so far.
August 27, 2024
No permanent allotment for residents in 52yrs
In 1972, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman allotted 33 acres of land for squatters and displaced people in Mujgunni area of Khulna city to reside there.
August 26, 2024
First cyclone Remal, now floods: Khulna villages submerged again
Cyclones, river erosions, and floods -- people in coastal Bangladesh have been fighting natural disasters on a regular basis, and each year is turning out to be increasingly more challenging than the previous one due to climate change.
August 16, 2024
It’s radio silence in Khulna
In the heart of Khulna, the Bangladesh Betar centre stood as a beacon of community, culture, and information. Established in 1970, it quickly became a cherished institution, bridging gaps between rural life and broader societal developments.
August 14, 2024
KCC services in a shambles
Most of the councillors’ offices in the 31 wards of Khulna City Corporation have remained locked following a spree of vandalism and looting after Sheikh Hasina’s resignation on August 5.
August 10, 2024
Waste piles up across Khulna city
Heaps of waste are piling up in various corners of Khulna city as the city corporation’s conservation workers have stopped working following the power vacuum after Sheikh Hasina’s fall.
August 1, 2024
New khulna district jail: Construction works drag on for 12 years
The construction of a modern prison of the Khulna District Jail has remained incomplete for 12 years.
July 31, 2024
Waste being dumped near KU’s main entrance
In the vicinity of the main entrance of Khulna University, merely 200 metres from the four-lane Sher-e-Bangla Road, an important thoroughfare in Khulna stretching from Zero Point to Moilapota intersection, awaits an abominable sight -- a waste dumping ground.
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