Dipankar Roy

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.

A shortage of diesel supply is disrupting irrigation for Boro cultivation in Khulna, leaving marginal farmers worried about losing their crops at a crucial stage.

Marginal growers struggle to save crops as diesel crisis worsens during critical growth stage

Authorities insist there is no crisis despite heavy queues

On World Water Day, people in Khulna and Satkhira continue to struggle with unsafe water sources

Khulna has been witnessing a steady deterioration in air quality due to dust pollution, raising concerns among residents, environmentalists and public health experts.

Karuna Mondal, a 55-year-old homemaker from Shukdara village in Batiaghata upazila of Khulna, has spent over 40 years involved in farming. For nearly all of that time, she has dedicated herself to collecting and preserving indigenous seeds, many of which have disappeared from mainstream agriculture.

For generations, coastal families living near the Sundarbans have depended on shrimp farming, fishing, timber cutting, and honey collection to survive.

The country’s only genocide museum in Khulna has remained closed for visitors for around 17 months.

Khulna city’s poor handling of electronic waste has become a serious threat to public health and the environment.

Unchecked collection of snails from swamps, croplands and waterbodies in Khulna and neighbouring areas is posing a serious threat to the region’s ecological balance.