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
The once mighty Soilmari river, flowing through Khulna’s Batiaghata and Dumuria upazilas, is in dire need of excavation.
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.
The homestead of Rahman Sheikh, a farmer of Gutudia village in Khulna’s Dumuria upazila, has been submerged for the past 45 days.
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.
Around 6,200 farmers across nine upazilas of Khulna have been cultivating off-season watermelon on approximately 919 hectares of land in fish farms.
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.
Incessant rain over the past three days has caused significant damage to fish farms across Khulna, particularly impacting shrimp farmers during their harvest season.
Indiscriminate collection of snails from croplands and swamp areas has raised alarms in Khulna.
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.
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.
