Dipankar Roy

Siltation, unplanned embankments choke Khulna rivers

The Khulna Divisional Children’s Hospital, built by the government at a cost of around Tk 115 crore to provide specialised medical facilities for child patients, lies unused for around two years amid authorities’ negligence, bureaucratic complications and lack of coordination between government agencies

Traders struggle with debts, unpaid dues and lack of permanent trading facility

Traders struggle with debts, unpaid dues and lack of permanent trading facility

A wooden boat rocks on dark tidal waters, its hull brushing mangrove roots as dawn thins over the Sundarbans. On the boat, men sit barefoot and alert, eyes fixed on the green shadows. Somewhere above them, wild bees cling to a hive heavy with honey.

For Moniruzzaman Jamaddar, a resident of Damodar village in Phultala upazila, memories of student life in Khulna are inseparable from the once-vibrant bus services that connected the city with its outskirts.

Prolonged waterlogging in the Bhabadah region has left over 25,000 farmers unable to cultivate Boro this season, deepening food insecurity and financial distress across parts of Jashore and Khulna.

Long before it became a city, much of Khulna was part of the Sundarbans.

Jashore records highest temperature at 38°C on Thursday

Located at Ghat-5 along the eastern bank of the Bhairab river in Khulna city, the 327-year-old twin Shiva temples, locally known as “Jora Shivmandir”, are a historic marvel that has withstood the test of time.

Critically ill patients at Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH) are facing delays in emergency transfers, with patients and staff alleging that private ambulance operators dominate the premises, limiting access to government services and charging higher fares.

Traffic at the key city entry point stretches for over 1.5 kms, with delays in new bridge construction

Toxic emissions from a factory in Rupsha upazila of Khulna have been causing environmental pollution in at least eight neighbouring villages.

Of the total killings, eight took place in Khulna metropolitan area

Moringa cultivation is transforming livelihoods of farmers in saline-prone coastal regions of the southwest, emerging as a low-cost, climate-resilient crop.

Low demand after Eid caused sharp fall in farmgate prices, growers say

More than 20,000 riders face hardship as shortages disrupt essential travel in remote coastal areas

Mamunur Rashid expects to harvest his Boro paddy and maize in the coming months. The crops need no more fertiliser before reaping, and so far, he has not faced any major supply problem.

With warmer days already setting in ahead of summer, residents of Khulna city are grappling with an alarming surge in the mosquito population.

Students of Government Brajalal College in Khulna have long been grappling with a severe accommodation crisis as all five dormitories for male students have remained closed for the past 18 months.