Khulna District

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.

Administration

• Mayor: Talukdar Abdul Khaleq

Education

Khulna is under the jurisdiction of the Jessore Education Board. This board varies the SSC and HSC standard.

Famous educational institutions in Khulna:

Schools

• Naubahini Secondary School, Khulna (by Imtiaz Masroor)
• Khulna public school
• Daulatpur Muhashin Boys School
• Daulatpur Muhashin Girls School
• Khulna Newsprint Mills Secondary School, Khalishpur
• Platinum Secondary School, Khalispur
• Rotary School, Khalispur
• Cantonment Public Secondary School
• Damoder M.M. High School
• Khulna Zila school
• St. joseph's high school
• Khulna Lions School
• Coronation school
• Khulna Govt. Girls' High School (Monnujan School)
• Fatima High School
• Khulna Collegiate School
• Khulna Model High School
• 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 1963
• PAIGRAM KASBA SECONDARY SCHOOL(BY ZIHAD)

Colleges

• B N College, Khulna
• Govt. B. L. University College, Daulatpur, Khulna
• Khulna Public College, Boyra, khulna
• Cantonment Public School and Collage, Jahanabad, Khulna.
• Khulna Govt. Majid Memorial College (City college)
• Khulna Gov. Sundarban College
• Phultala M.M. College
• Khulna gov. girls college (boyra college)
• Shahid Suhrawardy College, Banorgati
• KHAN JAHAN ALI IDEAL COLLEGE(BY ZIHAD)

Universities

• Khulna University of Engineering and Technology
• Khulna University
• Northern University Bangladesh(NUB) (Private University)
• Asian University.(AU) (Private University)
• West Coast University Panama Bangladesh Centre.(WCU) (CBHE Provider)
• Brajalal Gov. college (Under National University)
• Azam Khan Government Commerce College (Under National University)

Medical schools

• Khulna Medical College (K.M.C.)

Subdivisions

1. Terokhada Upazila
2. Batiaghata Upazila
3. Dacope Upazila
4. Dumuria Upazila
5. Dighalia Upazila
6. Koyra Upazila
7. Paikgachha Upazila
8. Phultala Upazila
9. Rupsa Upazila

History

Khulna is named after a goddess of the Hindu religion, Khulleshwari. In 1947, the district of Khulna had a Hindu majority of 20%, but now the district's total population is about 80% Muslim.

Economy

Khulna is a port city. Mongla is another 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.........

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.

See also

• Districts of Bangladesh
• Khulna Division

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