Dipankar Roy

Defiance is their reply

Over a hundred children and teens eagerly waiting to learn self-defence tricks at the Tatultala Government Primary School grounds -- this is what this correspondent saw when he visited the place yesterday afternoon.

1w ago

Mujgunni highway: Once draped in greenery, now deserted

Large uprooted tree trunks lying on the Mujgunni highway -- this is what this correspondent saw when he visited the road yesterday morning.

2w ago

34mm rain floods Khulna city

Just 34 millimetres of rainfall was enough to inundate two-third of Khulna city, effectively washing away the tall claims of monsoon preparedness by the authorities.

3w ago

Clash With Traders: Patients suffer as KMCH interns continue strike

Mujibul Haque from Kharnia village in Dumuria upazila of Khulna came to Khulna Medical College Hospital yesterday with his eight-year-old daughter for treatment.

Erosion in Khulna’s Dacope Upazila: Of displaced people and lost arable land

In the 1960s, a series of embankments stretching 153 kilometres were constructed in Khulna’s Dacope upazila to protect the region from flooding and erosion.

Attacked and intimidated, all for playing football

First, they were attacked for playing football. Now, they are being threatened with acid attacks.

Locals suffer for delay in drainage work

“Every day for the last couple of weeks, my son has to cross extensive mud patches to go to school. He is tired and does not want to go to school anymore,” said Rumana Akhtar, a resident of road-11 of Bastuhara area in Khulna city.

U-17 Khulna Division: Girls attacked for playing football, wearing shorts

When she is supposed to be at football practice, she is tossing and turning in a hospital bed with a bandaged head.

September 17, 2023
September 17, 2023

Defiance is their reply

Over a hundred children and teens eagerly waiting to learn self-defence tricks at the Tatultala Government Primary School grounds -- this is what this correspondent saw when he visited the place yesterday afternoon.

September 7, 2023
September 7, 2023

Mujgunni highway: Once draped in greenery, now deserted

Large uprooted tree trunks lying on the Mujgunni highway -- this is what this correspondent saw when he visited the road yesterday morning.

September 2, 2023
September 2, 2023

34mm rain floods Khulna city

Just 34 millimetres of rainfall was enough to inundate two-third of Khulna city, effectively washing away the tall claims of monsoon preparedness by the authorities.

August 17, 2023
August 17, 2023

Clash With Traders: Patients suffer as KMCH interns continue strike

Mujibul Haque from Kharnia village in Dumuria upazila of Khulna came to Khulna Medical College Hospital yesterday with his eight-year-old daughter for treatment.

August 11, 2023
August 11, 2023

Erosion in Khulna’s Dacope Upazila: Of displaced people and lost arable land

In the 1960s, a series of embankments stretching 153 kilometres were constructed in Khulna’s Dacope upazila to protect the region from flooding and erosion.

August 3, 2023
August 3, 2023

Attacked and intimidated, all for playing football

First, they were attacked for playing football. Now, they are being threatened with acid attacks.

August 2, 2023
August 2, 2023

Locals suffer for delay in drainage work

“Every day for the last couple of weeks, my son has to cross extensive mud patches to go to school. He is tired and does not want to go to school anymore,” said Rumana Akhtar, a resident of road-11 of Bastuhara area in Khulna city.

July 31, 2023
July 31, 2023

U-17 Khulna Division: Girls attacked for playing football, wearing shorts

When she is supposed to be at football practice, she is tossing and turning in a hospital bed with a bandaged head.

July 29, 2023
July 29, 2023

Tiger footage spurs hope for big cat population

The number of Bengal tigers in the Sundarbans have increased in the last five years, according to forest department officials.

July 28, 2023
July 28, 2023

Khulna-Satkhira Regional Highway: Renovated in 2020, deteriorated by 2023

Dilapidated, riddled with potholes, and patches of deteriorated bitumen --  such is the situation of Khulna-Satkhira regional highway.