Dipankar Roy

The blood river

Ershad Ali clutched a sliver of hope as he searched for a familiar face among the dead at Chuknagar Bazar.

12h ago

Shrimp farmers fear losses for scorching heatwave

Shrimp farmers in Khulna, a southwestern division of Bangladesh that grows shrimp mainly for exports, could be facing serious losses this year as the enclosures used for raising their crustaceans are drying up amid an ongoing heatwave.

2w ago

Ongoing heatwave: Water crisis grips Khulna

The water crisis in Khulna city has deepened amidst the relentless heatwave, due to plummeting groundwater levels and the inability of the Water Supply and Sewerage Authority to meet the residents’ water needs adequately.

3w ago

Coastal villagers switch to LPG from Sundarbans’ firewood

Gone are the days when cooking meals twice a day used to take a toll on Salma Begum.

1m ago

The enduring allure of Khulna’s Nana Halim

Every day during Ramadan, food enthusiasts gather in large numbers at a small outlet in front of Pioneer Women’s College on South Central Road in Khulna.

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Load shedding cripples life in Khulna city

Tushar Kanti Das lives on the ground floor of a three-storey house on Sabuj Sangh Math Road of ward-6 in Khulna city. After a long day of work as a sales representative for a pharmaceutical company, he would have to suffer the woes of load shedding as soon as he returned home for the past week.

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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.

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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.

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November 15, 2023

Hatcheries fall on hard times amid rising costs

Although Chanchra union in Jashore is the biggest source of fish fry in Bangladesh, local hatcheries are struggling in face of higher input costs and changing climate conditions, according to industry people.

November 14, 2023

Retail sales drop as blockade bites

The nationwide blockade being observed by several political parties in Bangladesh is taking its toll on businesses as sales have plunged. The transport blockade, set to enter its fifth phase on Wednesday, aims at forcing the current government to step down and pave the way for holding the next parliamentary election under a non-partisan interim government.

November 14, 2023

Dumuria booming with early winter beans

Hundreds of farmers nursing plants with freshly grown early winter beans -- this is what this correspondent saw during his recent visit to Gutudia village in Khulna’s Dumuria upazila.

October 29, 2023

Radiotherapy machine left unboxed for 11 yrs

Champa Begum travelled between Khulna and her hometown in Narail several times for radiotherapy at the Cancer Institute of Khulna Medical College Hospital, but she had to return home every time without the therapy she desperately needed, as the radiotherapy machine there was not functional.

October 25, 2023