The suspension of academic activities at Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (Kuet) entered its 133rd day today, following violent clashes involving students and teachers on February 18.
The 2.37-kilometre Sheikh Abu Naser Bypass Road in Khulna city, stretching from Sheikh Abu Naser Specialised Hospital to the City Bypass intersection, has been in a state of utter disrepair for over 15 years.
Staff unpaid as VC post remains vacant for over four months
The first heavy downpour of this monsoon since Monday has left most areas of Khulna city under knee-deep water, while adjoining low-lying areas were submerged under waist-high water -- exposing the inefficacy of the Tk 823 crore drainage improvement project of Khulna City Corporation (KCC).
Amid the ongoing intense heat wave gripping the region, Khulna Medical College Hospital is struggling to accommodate the rising daily influx of patients suffering from heat-related illnesses, overwhelming the hospital’s capacity.
Chui-jhal, a traditional aromatic spice widely used in southern Bangladesh, especially in the Khulna region
An embankment of the Kopotakkho river in Koyra has collapsed
Financial operations at standstill as campus remains without leadership; over 1,100 await salaries
An eight feet deep waterbody on 66-decimal land owned by Bangladesh Railway in Khulna city has allegedly been filled up by followers of a city corporation councillor. Now plans are afoot to build a park and other structures there.
Madhab Chandra Bairagi and Sourav Goldar were among the more than 500 people who were brutally killed by the Pakistani Army men at Badamtala area in Batiaghata upazila of Khulna on May 19, 1971.
When Sonaban Bibi, 62, got married 46 years ago, there was a pond next to her house, from which she managed to fetch drinking water.
Anyone in Khulna who either witnessed the Liberation War of 1971 or is aware of the regions’s war-history will shudder at the name of Gallamari mass grave.
Even three years back, vast lands would remain barren throughout most of the year in Koyra upazila of Khulna due to high level of salinity in the nearby rivers and waterbodies.
Once a mighty river, the 29-kilometre long Soilmari, which flows through Khulna’s Batiaghata upazila, is in dire need of excavation.
GKM Lutfar Rahim, regional manager of NGO Forum in Khulna, has a unique hobby -- collecting newspapers.
Citing insurmountable losses, nine jute mills in Khulna region, including the country’s second largest one, abruptly shut down operation in July 2020.
After winter ended, mosquitoes took control of Khulna, making life difficult for many city dwellers. Locals claim that the situation has been ongoing for a long time, with the authorities continuing to turn a blind eye.
After a two-month hiatus during the breeding season of crabs, fishermen set sail once more in various rivers and canals of the Sundarbans to resume their crab catching activities.
