KHULNA DIVISION

'Khulna Division' is an administrative region in south-west Bangladesh. It has a population of almost 30 million. Its headquarter is Khulna district.

Contents

Geography

Constituent districts

Economy

Education

See also

News Papers & Magazines

Language

Geography

The region, ex-political entity (1947-1971) borders the Rajshahi Division to the north, the Dhaka Division and Barisal Division, formerly part of Khulna Division to the east, the Bay of Bengal to the south and the state of West Bengal (in India) to the west.
Part of the Ganges River delta or Greater Bengal Delta is in the north of the region. Other rivers include the Madhumati River, the Bhairob River and the Kopotokkho River. The region also has several islands in the Bay of Bengal.

Constituent districts

Khulna Division consists of the following districts:
#Bagerhat District
#Chuadanga District
#Jessore District
#Jhenaidah District
#Khulna District
#Kushtia District
#Magura District
#Meherpur District
#Narail District
#Satkhira District

Economy

Khulna was the backbone of the East Pakistan's main foreign currency earner Jute industry. There are many large Jute mills located in Khalispure near Khulna city processing Jute fiber, besides the other heavy industries like Khulna News Print Mills and Khulna Hardboard Mills. The country's second sea-port, Mongla Port and the only ship building industry of the country is also located within Khulna division.
The largest mangrove forest in the World the Sundarban is spread over the three districts of Satkhira, Khulna and Bagherhat in the division.

Education

The division boasts notable educational institutions including the Khulna University of Engineering and Technology[1], B.L College Khulna University, Jhenaidaha Cadet College and Jessore Cantonment Public School. Rotary School, S.B.S.N, Khulna Lions Schools, St. Josephs School, Khulna Zilla School etc.

See also

★ Dhaka

★ Bangladesh

News Papers & Magazines

There are few daily and weekly newspapers are published from Khulna contributing to the development of mass media and free flow of information. Most notable news papers are the Purbanchal and Daily Tribune etc. The Purbanchal is available on the internet at http://www.purbanchal.com

Language

Bangla is the official language of Bangladesh in general but people of Khulna speaks the most purest form of Bangla Language as being the closest to East Bengal of India. There are few thousand Pakistani origin people speaks Urdu, those unfortunate people are stranded after the liberation war between Bangladesh (then East Pakistan) and Pakistan.
English is widely used as the business language. Owing to the influence of Hindi movies a vast number of people speaks and understands Hindi the official language of India.