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Khulna’s shrimp factories fall silent as supply shrinks

28 September 2026
The sprawling shrimp-processing factories along the Rupsha River once symbolised Khulna’s emergence as a major export-oriented industrial hub.
28 September 2026
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KMCH struggles with nearly 4 times its capacity

27 September 2026
When several-month pregnant Raisa Begum fell ill and was admitted to Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH), she had to spend days in a cramped corner beside the staircase outside the maternal care and labour ward because no bed was available.
27 September 2026
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Khulna Medical College Hospital struggles with nearly four times its capacity

26 September 2026
Dengue patients treated in corridors as 500-bed hospital nears 2,000 patients
26 September 2026
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Hospitals in Khulna overwhelmed

23 September 2026
The corridors of Khulna Medical College Hospital are no longer merely passageways for patients and attendants. They have become makeshift treatment spaces as dengue patients arrive in growing numbers.
23 September 2026
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Dengue surge in Khulna leaves patients struggling for hospital beds

22 September 2026
Some patients are being treated at home or in hospital corridors as admissions rise
22 September 2026
Khulna Student Azmal Hossain Beaten to Death

'Even if he ate a handful of rice, why would they beat him?'

21 September 2026
Around midnight on Saturday, Md Kutub Uddin received a frantic phone call from his son, Md Azmal Hossain, a first-year student at North Western University in Khulna.
21 September 2026
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Sundarbans: The forest that protects, feeds and sustains

19 September 2026
The first thing one notices at dawn in the Sundarbans is not the green forest cover, the muddy riverbank or the waves breaking on the shore.
19 September 2026
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Disease outbreak wipes out shrimp at 250 Batiaghata farms

2 September 2026
Disease outbreaks have destroyed shrimp across hundreds of farms in Batiaghata of Khulna, with farmers reporting estimated losses of more than Tk 15 crore over the past one to one-and-a-half months.
2 September 2026
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Mud, potholes cripple Jashore-Khulna highway

The Jashore-Khulna highway, a vital artery for the country’s southwestern trade routes, is now in a state of disrepair. Serving as the main corridor connecting Benapole along with Noapara river port, Mongla sea port, and Bhomra land port, the highway has become nearly impassable due to recent monsoon rains and unfinished work.
15 July 2025
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Lives on hold: Workers await reopening of closed jute mills

Five years on: Jute mill revival uneven, workers face deepening poverty
11 July 2025
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Shrimp adulteration threatens health, exports

The shrimp industry, known as Bangladesh’s “white gold”, significantly boosts foreign exchange earnings and supports thousands of marginalised farmers, especially in the Khulna region.
8 July 2025
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Kuet shutdown drags on for 133rd day

The suspension of academic activities at Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (Kuet) entered its 133rd day today, following violent clashes involving students and teachers on February 18.
1 July 2025
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Khulna bypass road unrepaired for over 15yrs

The 2.37-kilometre Sheikh Abu Naser Bypass Road in Khulna city, stretching from Sheikh Abu Naser Specialised Hospital to the City Bypass intersection, has been in a state of utter disrepair for over 15 years.
28 June 2025
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Kuet crisis drags on, 7,500 students in limbo

Staff unpaid as VC post remains vacant for over four months
24 June 2025
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First monsoon downpour submerges Khulna

The first heavy downpour of this monsoon since Monday has left most areas of Khulna city under knee-deep water, while adjoining low-lying areas were submerged under waist-high water -- exposing the inefficacy of the Tk 823 crore drainage improvement project of Khulna City Corporation (KCC).
17 June 2025
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Accommodation crisis grips KMCH

Amid the ongoing intense heat wave gripping the region, Khulna Medical College Hospital is struggling to accommodate the rising daily influx of patients suffering from heat-related illnesses, overwhelming the hospital’s capacity.
13 June 2025
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Demand, prices of chui-jhal soar ahead of Eid

Chui-jhal, a traditional aromatic spice widely used in southern Bangladesh, especially in the Khulna region
5 June 2025
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Koyra upazila: Damaged embankment puts 15,000 at risk

An embankment of the Kopotakkho river in Koyra has collapsed
31 May 2025
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No VC, no pay: Kuet staff struggle ahead of Eid amid prolonged shutdown

Financial operations at standstill as campus remains without leadership; over 1,100 await salaries
27 May 2025
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Kuet stalemate deepens as interim VC steps down

Campus in deadlock since February clashes; teachers demand credible leadership
23 May 2025
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Chuknagar: A forgotten massacre

On May 20, 1971, Chuknagar, a quiet border village in Dumuria upazila of Khulna, became the site of a brutal yet overlooked massacre during Bangladesh's Liberation War
20 May 2025
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KUET shutdown: No classes in almost 3 months

Students of Khulna University of Engineering and Technology yesterday demonstrated demanding resumption of academic activities.
15 May 2025
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Water crisis deepens in Khulna

Till last year, every morning before dawn, Nimai Chandra Roy’s house in Khulna’s Batiaghata upazila used to be a gathering point for his neighbours -- not for any festival, but for survival.
13 May 2025
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Excavations fail to revive Mayur river

Mayur river, a major lifeline in Khulna that has long been plagued by encroachments and pollution, still remains on the brink of death despite two excavation projects to revive it over the past decade.
24 April 2025
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Kuet returns to normalcy after 65 days of unrest

Students, who had staged a 57-hour hunger strike, broke their fast shortly after the announcement
24 April 2025
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Once a lifeline, Shibsa river fades into a stream

Once a thriving artery of communication in the Khulna region, the Shibsa River is now a shadow of its former self. Once navigated by large boats, ships, launches, and steamers, the river connected Khulna with Kolkata..In recent decades, however, this vital waterway has been in decline. Wat
18 April 2025
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Coastal areas in Khulna: Where drinking water becomes a luxury

When Razia Begum, now 56, got married at just 16, water was not a concern. Like most women in her village of Banisanta in Khulna’s Dacope upazila, she collected freshwater from nearby ponds. Life was simple, and water was abundant.
21 March 2025
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Farmers giving up black tiger shrimp cultivation amid losses

Noni Gopal Baidya, a resident of Sutarkhali union in Dacope, a southwestern coastal upazila under Khulna division, began farming exportable black tiger shrimp on his 6-7 bighas of land in 1991.
19 March 2025

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