Dipankar Roy

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.

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.