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15 unusual facts about Khulna


Bangaon railway station

In 1882–84 the Bengal Central Railway Company constructed two lines: one from Dum Dum to Khulna, now in Bangladesh, via Bangaon and the other linking Ranaghat and Bangaon.

Bede people

Some of them beg on the busy streets of big cities like Dhaka, Chittagong, Khulna.

BNS Titumir

BNS Titumir is an establishment of the Bangladeshi Navy, founded after the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, and located in Khulna.

The Titumir is currently under the command of the Commodore Commanding Khulna (COMKHUL).

Different Touch

Different Touch were a Bangladeshi band in the late 1980s and early 1990s, originating from Khulna.

Dum Dum railway station

In 1882–84 the Bengal Central Railway Company constructed two lines: one from Dum Dum to Khulna, now in Bangladesh, via Bangaon and the other linking Ranaghat and Bangaon.

Gazi Medical College

Gazi Medical College is based on a 400-bed general hospital named Gazi Medical College Hospital in Khulna, Bangladesh.

Hasan Azizul Huq

However, later his parents moved to Fultala, near the city of Khulna, Bangladesh.

Ispahani family

The company now has corporate offices in Chittagong, Dhaka and Khulna where it employs over 20,000 people in many sectors such as tea, textile, real estate, crisps, poultry, shipping and internet services.

Khan Jahan Ali

He is said to have built a highway from Bagerhat to Chittagong, a twenty-mile long road from Samantasena to Badhkhali, and a road running from Shuvabara to Daulatpur in Khulna.

Marichjhanpi

This warning did not deter the refugees and many families went to the Sundarbans, especially those who were originally from the nearby district of Khulna in Bangladesh, and who already had relatives living from before in clearings in the forest.

Nilratan Sircar

His father Nandalal Sircar came from a poor family of Jessore and later settled at Joynagar, Khulna.

Rashed Khan Menon

The Menon-Zafar group built a base in Khulna (in Begerhat), amongst workers near Dacca and had a student group named Revolutionary Students Union.

Shipbuilding in Bangladesh

Bangladesh has now over 200 shipbuilding companies, mostly concentrated in Dhaka, Chittagong, Narayanganj, Barisal and Khulna.

West Coast University – Panama

Government personnel said that in 2006 West Coast had opened a campus in Khulna, where in February 2007 the school began conducting courses in electrical and electronic engineering, civil engineering, mechanical engineering and architecture.


Al-Amin Hossain

He took figures of 9 for 58, helping Khulna kicked off the second phase of the National League with an eight-wicket win over Rajshahi in a low-scoring encounter that lasted just two days at the Narayanganj Osmani Stadium in Fatullah.

Bangladesh Center for Advanced Studies

As of 2007, the Centre has 112 full-time staff (26 senior, 28 mid-level and 46 junior professionals), and has four field offices in Khulna, Faridpur, Jessore and Rajshahi lying outside its Dhaka headquarter.

Bangladeshi cuisine

Barisal and Khulna: Saltwater fish and seafood are quite prevalent in these areas.

Brajalal College

B L College, Khulna is a leading educational institution at Daulatpur in Khulna district.

History of cricket in Bangladesh

The home and away tournament has divisional teams from Dhaka, Chittagong, Sylhet, Khulna, Barisal and Rajshahi.

Itrat Husain Zuberi

All intermediate and degree colleges and also the colleges of vocational and technical education of Rajshahi and Khulna divisions were affiliated to the newly established university.

J. F. R. Jacob

An initial plan, given to the Eastern Command by General Sam Manekshaw, involved an incursion into East Pakistan and the capture of the provinces of Chittagong and Khulna.

Jhenaidah Ex-Cadets Association

It has a Free Friday Clinic (FFC) which gives free medication to poor people in Dhaka and Khulna.

Radio Foorti

The station went live on September 21, 2006 and is currently available in Dhaka, Chittagong, Sylhet, Rajshahi, Khulna, Barisal, Mymensingh and Cox's Bazar.

Raju Parvez

He was born on 1 January 1974 in Kharki, Jessore in Khulna and is a right-handed batsman and occasional wicket-keeper.

Zaman Group of Industries

Zaman Group of Industries has operations in all 64 districts of Bangladesh mostly in Dhaka, Khulna, Jessore, Chuadanga, Rajshahi, Barisal, and Chittagong.