The Khulna District is a district of Bangladesh. It is located in the Khulna Division. It has an area of 4394.46 km² and is bordered on the north by the Jessore District and the Narail District, on the south by the Bay of Bengal, on the east by the Bagerhat District, and on the west by the Satkhira District.[1]
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[edit]Administration
- Mayor: Talukdar Abdul Khaleq
[edit]Education
Khulna is under the jurisdiction of the Jessore Education Board. This board varies the SSC and HSC standard.
Famous educational institutions in Khulna:
[edit]Schools
- St. Joseph's High School, Khulna
- Khulna Zilla School and College
- Naubahini Secondary School, Khulna
- Khulna Collegiate School
- Port High School, Khalishpur
- Moshialy Secondary School
- Khulna Public School
- Daulatpur Muhashin Boys School
- Daulatpur Muhashin Girls School
- Senhati Secondary School (established 1887)
- Dighalia M. A. Mazid Secondary School
- Khulna Newsprint Mills Secondary School, Khalishpur
- Platinum Secondary School, Khalispur
- Rotary School, Khalispur
- Cantonment Public Secondary School
- Phultala Re-Union High School
- Damoder M.M. High School
- Khulna Lions School
- Govt. Coronation Secondary Girls' School, Khulna
- Khulna Govt. Girls' High School (Monnujan School)
- Fatima High School
- Khulna Model School and College
- Khalishpur School Estate on 1905
- Nirala Ideal Secondary School
- Govt. Laboratory High School
- H.R.H. Princh Agakhan High School
- Lions School, Khulna Establish on 1962
- Paigram Kazba Secondary school
- Khulna Govt. Railway Boys High School
- Khulna Govt. Railway Girls High School
- Rayermohal Govt. Primary School, Rayermohal, Khulna
- Hamid Nagor Govt. Primary School, Rayermohal, Khulna
- phulbari high school.
- Bajua Union High School,Bajua, Dacope, Khulna.
Besides, Khulna has six IGV(Integrated General and Vocational) schools and one technical school of UCEP(Underprivileged Children's Educational Programs), which is a non-profitable organization. Six IGV schools are:
- UCEP-K C C School, Rupsha
- UCEP-Sonadanga School, Sonadanga
- UCEP-M A Majid School, Fulbarigate
- UCEP-Khalishpur School, Khalishpur
- UCEP-Zohra Samad School, Tootpara
- UCEP-Wazed Ali School, Banorgati
[edit]Colleges
- B. N. College, Khulna
- Haji Mohammad Muhashin College, Khalishpur (Md. Whaheduzzaman, Dalim)
- Brajalal College, Daulatpur, Khulna
- Khulna Public College, Boyra, Khulna
- Cantonment Public School and College, Jahanabad, Khulna.
- Khulna Govt. Majid Memorial College (City college)
- Khulna Gov. Sundarban College
- Phultala M.M. College
- Khulna Govt. Girls' College (Boyra Girls College)
- Shahid Suhrawardy College, Banorgati
- Khan Jahan Ali Ideal College
- Rayermohal College, Rayermohal, Khulna
- rupsha collage.
[edit]Universities
- Khulna University of Engineering and Technology
- Khulna University
- Asian University
- Northern University Bangladesh(NUB) (Private University)
- America Bangladesh University(AMBUN) (Private University)
- Darul Ihsan University(DIU) (Private University)
- Asian University of Bangladesh (AU) (Private University)
- Brajalal College (Under National University)
- Azam Khan Government Commerce College (Under National University)
[edit]Medical schools
- Khulna Medical College (K.M.C.)
[edit]Subdivisions
- Terokhada Upazila
- Batiaghata Upazila
- Dacope Upazila
- Dumuria Upazila
- Dighalia Upazila
- Koyra Upazila
- Paikgachha Upazila
- Phultala Upazila
- Rupsa Upazila
[edit]History
Khulna is named after a goddess of the Hindu religion, Khulleshwari. In 1947, the district of Khulna had a Hindu majority , but now the district's total population is about 80% Muslim.Now it is the third largest district in Bangladesh
[edit]Economy
Khulna is a port city.It is the most increasing city in the south. Mongla is the major sea port of the country. In Daulatpur there are several jute mills. By road, railway and riverway it is connected to other parts of the country. This infrastructure plays a vital role in the city's economy, which also depends upon fishing and salt industries. Khulna has a newsprint mill that will about reopen in the near future. The Khulna shipyard receives limited support from the Bangladesh Navy by building small, ocean-going ships. The Khulna textile and hardboard mills will reopen soon under private ownership. RAJA in Khulna.....
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[edit]Places of interest
- The Sundarbans is the largest mangrove forest in the world. The royal Bengal tiger inhabits the area; it is said that seeing the tiger enables a person to understand what a tiger means. There are many other rare animals in the area, including monkeys, chitra deer, crocodiles, wild cocks, wild pigs and thousands of kinds of birds.
- The historically-famous Shatgombuj Mosque (Sixty Dome Mosque) is in the Bagerhat District. It is famous for Khan Jahan Ali's mazar. A lake near the mosque has crocodiles.
- From Kuakatan, both the rising and the setting of the sun into the ocean can be seen.
