Shrimp farmers fear losses for scorching heatwave
Shrimp farmers in Khulna, a southwestern division of Bangladesh that grows shrimp mainly for exports, could be facing serious losses this year as the enclosures used for raising their crustaceans are drying up amid an ongoing heatwave.
1d ago
Ongoing heatwave: Water crisis grips Khulna
The water crisis in Khulna city has deepened amidst the relentless heatwave, due to plummeting groundwater levels and the inability of the Water Supply and Sewerage Authority to meet the residents’ water needs adequately.
3d ago
Coastal villagers switch to LPG from Sundarbans’ firewood
Gone are the days when cooking meals twice a day used to take a toll on Salma Begum.
2w ago
The enduring allure of Khulna’s Nana Halim
Every day during Ramadan, food enthusiasts gather in large numbers at a small outlet in front of Pioneer Women’s College on South Central Road in Khulna.
3w ago
Load shedding cripples life in Khulna city
Tushar Kanti Das lives on the ground floor of a three-storey house on Sabuj Sangh Math Road of ward-6 in Khulna city. After a long day of work as a sales representative for a pharmaceutical company, he would have to suffer the woes of load shedding as soon as he returned home for the past week.
3w ago
A broken leg, a football academy and a dream
When Sathi Munda stepped up to take Bangladesh’s fifth and final penalty in the shootout against India on March 10, 2024, the fate of the SAFF Under-16 Women’s Championship title was hanging in the balance.
3w ago
A new hope for farmers in Khulna
The killing of Sazzaduzzaman, 30, a forest officer in Cox’s Bazar, was not the first time that a forest official got killed by those involved in hill razing and tree felling in the forest areas of Cox’s Bazar.
4w ago
KCC councillor’s men fill up waterbody on BR land
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.
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April 29, 2024
Shrimp farmers fear losses for scorching heatwave
Shrimp farmers in Khulna, a southwestern division of Bangladesh that grows shrimp mainly for exports, could be facing serious losses this year as the enclosures used for raising their crustaceans are drying up amid an ongoing heatwave.
April 28, 2024
Ongoing heatwave: Water crisis grips Khulna
The water crisis in Khulna city has deepened amidst the relentless heatwave, due to plummeting groundwater levels and the inability of the Water Supply and Sewerage Authority to meet the residents’ water needs adequately.
April 17, 2024
Coastal villagers switch to LPG from Sundarbans’ firewood
Gone are the days when cooking meals twice a day used to take a toll on Salma Begum.
April 7, 2024
Load shedding cripples life in Khulna city
Tushar Kanti Das lives on the ground floor of a three-storey house on Sabuj Sangh Math Road of ward-6 in Khulna city. After a long day of work as a sales representative for a pharmaceutical company, he would have to suffer the woes of load shedding as soon as he returned home for the past week.
April 7, 2024
The enduring allure of Khulna’s Nana Halim
Every day during Ramadan, food enthusiasts gather in large numbers at a small outlet in front of Pioneer Women’s College on South Central Road in Khulna.
April 6, 2024
A broken leg, a football academy and a dream
When Sathi Munda stepped up to take Bangladesh’s fifth and final penalty in the shootout against India on March 10, 2024, the fate of the SAFF Under-16 Women’s Championship title was hanging in the balance.
April 2, 2024
A new hope for farmers in Khulna
The killing of Sazzaduzzaman, 30, a forest officer in Cox’s Bazar, was not the first time that a forest official got killed by those involved in hill razing and tree felling in the forest areas of Cox’s Bazar.
March 31, 2024
KCC councillor’s men fill up waterbody on BR land
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.
March 27, 2024
Preserving a painful past
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.
March 24, 2024
In search of pure drinking water
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.
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