Plastic waste clogs Khulna drains
20 August 2026
Roads submerged in murky water, residents wading through knee-deep water, neighbourhoods becoming inaccessible and vehicles breaking down have become common scenes during the monsoon in Khulna city.
20 August 2026
Dengue surge overwhelms Khulna hospitals
16 August 2026
Dengue cases have surged across Khulna in recent weeks, putting hospitals under severe pressure.
16 August 2026
Dengue surge overwhelms Khulna hospitals as deaths, admissions climb
15 August 2026
Bed shortages are forcing hospitals to expand wards as patients crowd facilities across the division
15 August 2026
Frequent power cuts put small businesses under pressure
13 August 2026
Amid the rolling blackouts, some businesses are spending more to produce the same amount of goods, while others are taking much longer to meet delivery deadlines
13 August 2026
Business Plus / The fall of an industrial city
8 August 2026
Khulna’s industrial belt now lies largely abandoned, with its people leaving too
8 August 2026
Ranjit Baowali no more but struggle for Bhobodoh remains
7 August 2026
Veteran grassroots leader and convener of Bhobodoh Water Drainage Movement Committee died on Wednesday
7 August 2026
Power shortages threaten Khulna’s shrimp sector
7 August 2026
Frequent power outages across southwestern Bangladesh are pushing the country’s export-oriented shrimp industry deeper into uncertainty, disrupting production at farms and processing factories as growers and exporters grapple with prolonged electricity shortages.
7 August 2026
Power shortages threaten Khulna’s shrimp sector
6 August 2026
Frequent power outages across southwestern Bangladesh are pushing the country’s export-oriented shrimp industry deeper into uncertainty, disrupting production at farms and processing factories as growers and exporters grapple with prolonged electricity shortages.
6 August 2026
Khulna City Corporation keeps dumping garbage on busy road
In a blatant disregard for public health and environment, Khulna City Corporation has been dumping garbage on a part of Boyra bypass road for a long time.
3 January 2021
Amphan still taking a toll
Thirty-seven villages in Pratapnagar and Sriula unions of Satkhira’s Assasuni upazila went under water when Cyclone Amphan broke major river embankments at several points in May this year.
28 November 2020
13 detainees shown arrested as named accused in case
Thirteen people out of the 14 who were allegedly detained by police -- during and following a clash between law enforcers and agitators protesting jute mill closure in Khulna’s Atra industrial area on Monday -- were shown arrested in a case yesterday.
20 October 2020
Jute workers, cops clash; 25 hurt
At least 25 people, including three police personnel, were injured in a clash between police and jute mill workers on Khulna-Jashore highway yesterday morning.
19 October 2020
Energypac to raise Tk 150cr from capital market
Energypac Power Generation is set to raise Tk 150 crore through initial public offering (IPO), the proceeds of which will be used to make liquid petroleum gas (LPG) more available as a primary fuel source for vehicles in Bangladesh and repay the company’s bank loans.
1 October 2020
Bullet removed from Lamia’s leg after 60hrs
Lamia Akhter, the sixth grader of Khulna city who got hit by a stray bullet on Friday, underwent successful surgery on her leg yesterday at Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH).
31 August 2020
Lamia lies in agony
Nearly a day and a half after she was hit by a stray bullet in front of her own house, 15-year-old Lamia was lying in a bed at Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH) in unbearable anguish last night, the piece of metal still lodged deep inside her body.
29 August 2020
Most city drains clogged
Due to unplanned waste disposal and improper waste management, most drains of Khulna City Corporation (KCC) have turned into garbage heaps.
25 August 2020
Just 39mm of rain inundates Khulna city
A moderate rain inundated around two-third of Khulna city yesterday, causing immense suffering to the dwellers.
28 July 2020
Tidal surges hamper life in 6 villages
Even two months after the cyclone Amphan, some six villages in Khulna’s Koyra upazila are still under three to four feet of water, preventing villagers from returning to their homes and livelihoods.
22 July 2020
Nowhere to go
Nurunnahar Begum is 62.
18 July 2020
No case filed over Khulna murders yet
Over 48 hours have passed since three people were shot dead and another was beaten to death over the management of a local madrasa committee in Atra-Gilatola Eastern Gate area of Khulna city on Thursday, but no case has been filed yet.
18 July 2020
Three shot dead in clash over supremacy
Three villagers were killed and seven others injured after a local Awami League leader and his two brothers allegedly opened fire on them at Moshiali village of Atra-Gilatla Eastern Gate area in Khulna city on Thursday night.
17 July 2020
Covid Test In Khulna: Of long wait and backlog
For more than two weeks, Champa Raptan and her husband Uttom Mondol from Khulna’s Dacope upazila have been waiting anxiously for their coronavirus test results.
9 July 2020
‘Where will we go?’
Thousands of workers of nine state-owned jute mills in the Khulna-Jashore industrial belt, passing days in mounting tension before the announcement of closure, are now sunk in gloom with the mills shut down.
8 July 2020
Jute Mills Closure: Two labour leaders detained
Law enforcers detained two jute mills labour leaders from their Khulna homes early yesterday for interrogation.
6 July 2020
Left ignored for 11 years
Bastuhara City Bypass Link Road in Khulna has remained uncared for for nearly a dozen of years as no authorities are willing to take its responsibility, resulting in extreme public sufferings.
3 July 2020
Curtain falls on 9 Khulna jute mills
Platinum Jute Mill’s worker Eratun Khatun broke down in tears when she saw the notice declaring the permanent closure of the organisation she had been with for almost three decades.
3 July 2020
State-Owned Mills’ Shutdown: Jute workers in Khulna prepare for movement
Workers of the nine state-owned jute mills in the Khulna region are preparing for an organised movement to protest the decision to hand all state-owned jute mills over to public private partnership.
28 June 2020
Khulna Division Covid-19: Two dedicated ICU facilities on deathbed
The 10 districts of Khulna division have only two ICUs for coronavirus patients -- that too are plagued with faulty equipment and inadequate medical supplies.
27 June 2020