Old Dhaka still fire trap after Nimtoli, Churihatta
There is not enough water to fight fires, roads are too narrow for fire engines to...
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Beyond the numbers: When the water takes more than land
Standing by the Pashur River, Santosh Sarkar, over sixty years old, points at a patch of...
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13 Oct 2026
Zamzam water trade thrives amid authenticity doubts
Consumers in Dhaka are paying up to Tk3,600 for five litres of water sold as Zamzam,...
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08 Oct 2026
From blight to bright: Dhaka’s culture strip reborn with public art
The footpath in front of Shilpakala Academy has undergone a striking transformation, with hawker stalls and...
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06 Oct 2026
Deadly drift: Dhaka flounders in mosquito war
A disastrous combination of administrative inertia, chemical shortages, and phantom fogging drives has crippled Dhaka’s response...
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04 Oct 2026
Figures of neglect
The sculptures installed across the capital to beautify the city or highlight the identity of places...
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04 Oct 2026
Mirpur’s Golartek Field: All work and no play
The four-acre playground in Golartek, Mirpur-1, under Ward 9 of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC), is...
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02 Oct 2026
Street children day: Neglect, addiction plague Dhaka’s street children
It was 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic. While a journalist was doing a live broadcast from...
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02 Oct 2026
International Daughters’ Day: From burden to pride, but not yet equal
“Earlier, when a girl was born, people thought about the cost of marrying her off. Now,...
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30 Sep 2026
Student unions slip back into election uncertainty
After a long break, five public universities got student unions upon political changeover in 2024. But...
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28 Sep 2026