A broken leg, a football academy and a dream
When Sathi Munda stepped up to take Bangladesh’s fifth and final penalty in the shootout against India on March 10, 2024, the fate of the SAFF Under-16 Women’s Championship title was hanging in the balance.
7h ago
A new hope for farmers in Khulna
The killing of Sazzaduzzaman, 30, a forest officer in Cox’s Bazar, was not the first time that a forest official got killed by those involved in hill razing and tree felling in the forest areas of Cox’s Bazar.
4d ago
KCC councillor’s men fill up waterbody on BR land
An eight feet deep waterbody on 66-decimal land owned by Bangladesh Railway in Khulna city has allegedly been filled up by followers of a city corporation councillor. Now plans are afoot to build a park and other structures there.
6d ago
Preserving a painful past
Madhab Chandra Bairagi and Sourav Goldar were among the more than 500 people who were brutally killed by the Pakistani Army men at Badamtala area in Batiaghata upazila of Khulna on May 19, 1971.
1w ago
Gallamari Mass Grave: Still bearing marks of butchery
Anyone in Khulna who either witnessed the Liberation War of 1971 or is aware of the regions’s war-history will shudder at the name of Gallamari mass grave.
1w ago
In search of pure drinking water
When Sonaban Bibi, 62, got married 46 years ago, there was a pond next to her house, from which she managed to fetch drinking water.
1w ago
Climate resilient agriculture
Even three years back, vast lands would remain barren throughout most of the year in Koyra upazila of Khulna due to high level of salinity in the nearby rivers and waterbodies.
3w ago
Once mighty, now a narrow canal
Once a mighty river, the 29-kilometre long Soilmari, which flows through Khulna’s Batiaghata upazila, is in dire need of excavation.
3w ago
April 6, 2024
A broken leg, a football academy and a dream
When Sathi Munda stepped up to take Bangladesh’s fifth and final penalty in the shootout against India on March 10, 2024, the fate of the SAFF Under-16 Women’s Championship title was hanging in the balance.
April 2, 2024
A new hope for farmers in Khulna
The killing of Sazzaduzzaman, 30, a forest officer in Cox’s Bazar, was not the first time that a forest official got killed by those involved in hill razing and tree felling in the forest areas of Cox’s Bazar.
March 31, 2024
KCC councillor’s men fill up waterbody on BR land
An eight feet deep waterbody on 66-decimal land owned by Bangladesh Railway in Khulna city has allegedly been filled up by followers of a city corporation councillor. Now plans are afoot to build a park and other structures there.
March 27, 2024
Preserving a painful past
Madhab Chandra Bairagi and Sourav Goldar were among the more than 500 people who were brutally killed by the Pakistani Army men at Badamtala area in Batiaghata upazila of Khulna on May 19, 1971.
March 24, 2024
In search of pure drinking water
When Sonaban Bibi, 62, got married 46 years ago, there was a pond next to her house, from which she managed to fetch drinking water.
March 24, 2024
Gallamari Mass Grave: Still bearing marks of butchery
Anyone in Khulna who either witnessed the Liberation War of 1971 or is aware of the regions’s war-history will shudder at the name of Gallamari mass grave.
March 16, 2024
Climate resilient agriculture
Even three years back, vast lands would remain barren throughout most of the year in Koyra upazila of Khulna due to high level of salinity in the nearby rivers and waterbodies.
March 15, 2024
Once mighty, now a narrow canal
Once a mighty river, the 29-kilometre long Soilmari, which flows through Khulna’s Batiaghata upazila, is in dire need of excavation.
March 9, 2024
A museum of journalistic heritage
GKM Lutfar Rahim, regional manager of NGO Forum in Khulna, has a unique hobby -- collecting newspapers.
March 6, 2024
Of broken promises and unmet expectations
Citing insurmountable losses, nine jute mills in Khulna region, including the country’s second largest one, abruptly shut down operation in July 2020.
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