Dipankar Roy

The 165th birth anniversary of the pioneering chemist has revived questions over whether Bangladesh has done enough to honour his legacy

Following the recent release of a tigress into the Sundarbans after months of treatment and rehabilitation following her rescue from a snare, concerns are growing over her whereabouts and whether she has survived in the wild.

Samples will undergo chemical analysis after meat changed colour while being cooked at a Paikgachha eatery

A Tk 280 crore road expansion project on one of Khulna city’s busiest entry routes has remained stalled for the past 10 months, leaving thousands of commuters to endure daily hardship while authorities remain uncertain about when construction will resume.

Footpaths across Khulna city, renovated at a cost of hundreds of crores of taka to improve pedestrian mobility, are increasingly being reoccupied by hawkers, forcing people onto busy roads and creating daily safety risks.

Prasad Roy had big plans for this Aman season. Just last week, the farmer from Khalashi Bunia village in Khulna’s Batiaghata upazila prepared a 10-katha seedbed, hoping to raise enough saplings to plant across 17 bighas of paddy land.

38mm downpour floods roads and homes; residents question city’s waterlogging projects

A Royal Bengal tigress has been released into the wild after an unprecedented rehabilitation effort in Bangladesh

Forest officials say the big cat will remain under watch of 20 trap cameras

Despite Tk 750 crore in spending, many neighbourhoods remain trapped in stagnant water after heavy rain

Residents and experts blame poor planning, narrowed canals and inadequate maintenance for recurring waterlogging

For nearly three years, 112 kilometres of roads across Khulna city have remained unrepaired as the Khulna City Corporation (KCC) and Khulna WASA have been locked in a disagreement over bearing the repair costs under the Khulna Sewerage System Development Project.

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

Residents question Tk 823 crore drainage project as rain paralyses city

Prolonged outages disrupt studies, household life and shrimp farming

Probe underway after soil dumping damages Ashrayan project homes in Khulna village

A 20-kilowatt solar power plant and training centre in Khulna city, set up in 2008 to promote renewable energy and create public awareness, has been lying idle for nearly 14 years due to neglect.

For Urmi Dhar, life was already a daily struggle.

The Khulna Divisional Children’s Hospital, built by the government at a cost of around Tk 115 crore to provide specialised treatment for child patients, has remained unused for around two years due to negligence, bureaucratic complications and lack of coordination between government agencies.

Rawhide prices in Dhaka rose slightly on the second day of Eid-ul-Azha, still well below government-set prices, while traders outside the capital were forced to dump unsold hides due to low prices.