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A court here Wednesday sentenced a man to life term rigorous imprisonment on charge of raping a female student of Khulna University (KU) alluring to marry her. The court also fined the convict Taka 50,000, in default, to suffer one more year in jail. Judge of Women and Children Oppression ...
Farming of coloured cauliflower has been gaining popularity among the farmers of Dumuria upazila of the district.Farmers of Atalia Union of Dumuria Upazila have successfully cultivated coloured cauliflower. Purple, yellow, and broccoli variety cauliflowers have been cultivated in different areas in ...
Police on Tuesday arrested a man and his son reportedly for killing a neighbor at Paikgacha upazila in Khulna district on Monday night. The victim was identified as Kushilal Mondal,70, a resident of Krishnanagar villahe under the upazila. Meanwhile, the arrested are the victim's elder brother Ra...
A mobile court here in a daylong drive on Sunday realized Taka 21 lakh as fine from seven brick kilns in Dumuria upazila in Khulna for violating the High Court's order and flouting rules of brick kilns control law. The court led by Momtaz Begum, executive magistrate of the Department of Env...
Sunflower farming has been gaining popularity in the region as its cultivation was completed on over 3 thousand hectares of land this season.A total of 3,100 hectares of land has been brought under sunflower farming in Khulna, Bagerhat, Satkhira and Narail districts, concerned officials said.In Bage...
Golpata collection has started in the Sundarbans with a target to collect 20,000 metric tonnes but wood collectors (Bawalis) are losing interest in it as demand for the leaves keeps shrinking.Abu Naser Mahsin Hossain, Divisional Forest Officer of Sundarbans West Zone, said this year, the local admin...
An elderly woman reportedly committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling of a cattle shed in Paikgacha upazila in Khulna district on Sunday morning.The deceased was identified as Rani Mondal, 61, wife of Narayan Mondal, a resident of Andharmanik village under Lota union of the upazila.Accor...
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested an alleged woman drug peddler and seized 4,210 pieces of yaba tablets from Jashore on Sunday, said a RAB-6 press release Monday. On a tip-off, a team of RAB-6 conducted a drive at AJR Parcel and Courier Service Ltd office at Ghop Central Road of Jashore tow...
A month-long book fair began on the Divisional Public Library premises in Khulna on Thursday.The theme of this year's book fair is "Poro Boi, Goro Desh: Bangabandhur Bangladesh (Read Book, build country: Bangabandhu's Bangladesh).Mayor of Khulna City Corporation Talukder Abdul Khaleque ...
A young man was reportedly shot death and another injured by miscreants in Khulna city on Tuesday.The incident took place in the evening in front of Ahsan Ullah College at Maylapota Mor in the city.The victim was Sadiukur Rahman Rana alias Bihari Rana, 36, son of Sheikh Mohammad Islam, hailed from B...
Journalists and other socio-cultural and political organisations in Khulna City on Monday observed the 20th death anniversary of eminent journalist Manik Saha and urged the authorities concerned to unearth the masterminds behind his killing and ensure capital punishment to the culprits."W...
Four people, including three policemen, were arrested in Khulna in a case filed over smuggling gold on Friday night.The arrestees are Basdev Dey, a gold smuggler from Khalishpur area in Khulna; Sub-inspector (SI) Mostafa Zaman; ASI Ahsan Habib; and Constable. All three were working at Lobonchora Pol...
With the theme of 'Samajsebay Garbo Desh, Smart Hobe Bangladesh', the National Social Service Day-2024 was observed here in a befitting manner on Tuesday. In association with the Khulna district administration, the Department of Social Service (SSD) arranged a discussion and award distributi...
A month after joint inauguration by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi, the Khulna-Mongla rail line still awaits commencement of train operations.The 65 km route from Khulna to Mongla port in Bagerhat was expected to enhance goods transportation significantly.The r...
Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) has implemented development projects at a cost of Taka 4,021.1 crore in nine upazilas of the district in the last 15 years, according to officials of Khulna LGED.The upazilas are Rupsha, Paikgachha, Batiaghata, Fultala, Dakope, Terokhada, Digholia,...
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The electoral campaign for Khulna City Corporation (KCC) polls is going in full swing after the distribution of election symbols among the mayor and councilors candidates on Friday. The numbers of total candidates are 179. Among them, four are contesting for the mayoral post, 136 aspirants are ...
West Zone Forest Officer of Sundarbans Abu Naser Mohammad Mohsin Hossain has said that deer poaching and fishing with using chemical has decreased in Sundarbans due to combined initiatives by the Department of Forest and law enforcement agencies.He said these while speaking at the monthly law and or...
Five juveniles, who were arrested for a schoolboy murder, confessed their involvement in eight-grade student Nirob murder case at Dumuria upazila in Khulna. The juveniles confessed to a Khulna court on Friday afternoon under section 164 CrPc, court sources said.They confessed that they killed N...
An eighth-grade boy was found hanging from the fan of his classroom in at Dumuria upazila in Khulna early on Friday, the day after he was reported missing. Six people were detained in connection with the incident. The deceased was identified as Nirob Mandal, 14, from Gutudiya village of the upa...
A view exchange meeting on ‘establish digital connection (EDC)’, an ongoing project by the Directorate of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), was held at the conference room of the Deputy Commissioner(DC) on Saturday.Senior Secretary to the ICT Division N M Zeaul Alam address...
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