Miscreants set fire to Khulna courtroom

Miscreants reportedly set fire to a courtroom of Paikgacha Senior Judicial Magistrate's Court in Khulna early Wednesday. Sources said that people saw fire at Paikgacha Senior Judicial Magistrate's Courtm when they went to the mosques for Fazr prayers. Later, they brought the fire under control. The docks for the accused and the

Preparations taken to face cyclone ‘Midhili’ in Khulna

The district administration has taken all sorts of preparation to tackle any situation to be caused by the approaching cyclonic storm 'Midhili' in the coastal belt of Khulna. The cyclonic storm "Midhili" over Southeast Bay intensified into a 'cyclonic storm' to cross the coastal belt from afternoon to evening on friday,

PM opens 24 dev projects, lays foundation for 5 others in Khulna

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today inaugurated and laid foundation stones of 29 development projects with total cost of 2593 crore here. She opened the completed 24 development projects and laid foundation stones of five other schemes at a grand rally at Khulna Circuit House ground. The inaugurated projects implemented by Public Works

LGED implements Tk 4,021cr projects in Khulna

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, Dumuria and Koyra. The projects which were completed during

EBL launches priority banking center in Khulna

Eastern Bank Ltd (EBL) launched a priority center in Khulna on March 5, 2023, a press release said Monday. Ali Reza Iftekhar, MD and CEO of the bank, inaugurated the priority center. The new state-of-the-art priority center is designed to provide one stop service, dedicated relationship manager and other value

Khulna’s Nagar Paribahan shut amid lack of passengers

Nagar Paribahan service in Khulna city, which resumed in August, 2022 after remaining suspended for over two and a half years, has been stopped again due to passenger crisis and high fuel prices.  The blue-white and yellow coloured buses, which once roamed around Khulna city, are no longer visible.  This city transportation

Nirob Murder Case: 5 juveniles confess in Khulna court

Five arrested juveniles confessed their involvement in seven-grade student Nirob murder case in Dumuria upazila of the district. They confessed to the court on Friday afternoon under section 164 CrPc, court sources said. The five juveniles confessed that they killed Nirob Mondal, a seven-grade student of Gutudia ACGB Secondary School