Capital
Do we have a vision for Dhaka?
Dhaka is now a black hole: a city consuming millions of residents but has no sense of quality life.
What do Dhaka and Bangkok have in common?
Unplanned transport infrastructure.
How easy is it to be a startup in Bangladesh?
These issues arise in the context of startups due to a disorganised policy framework across various ministries.
Why is Wasa discharging untreated waste into Dhaka waters?
Wasa should come clean on sewage bills
Can the new Detailed Area Plan cure Dhaka of its ills?
Only if Rajuk has the will and organisational capacity
Dakar Rally to push competitors to the max
The 39th Dakar Rally revs into gear on Monday in the Paraguayan capital Asuncion, the start of a punishing route at often giddy altitudes that the competitors admit they are scared by.
Fahim Munaim to be buried tomorrow
Eminent journalist Syed Fahim Munaim, who died yesterday, will be buried at Banani graveyard in the capital tomorrow.
ONE YEAR OF TWO DHAKA MAYORS / Freeing illegally occupied roads, sites was not easy
Annisul Huq and Sayeed Khokon took oath as mayors respectively of Dhaka North and South City Corporations on May 6 last year. They took over offices with serious pledges and commitments to bring about qualitative changes in delivering civic services.
ONE YEAR OF TWO DHAKA MAYORS / More authority needed to deliver civic services
We have started repair of 300 roads. Reinforced concrete is being used to repair three-fourth of the roads so they will last for decades.
Baby killed at Uttar Khan, mother under scanner
A one-and-a-half-year old boy has been stabbed to death at Uttar Khan in Dhaka. Police are primarily suspecting the mother to be the killer.
Drik official found dead in N'ganj
A Drik official was found dead in the bushes beside Dhaka-Narayanganj Link Road in Jalkuri area of Narayanganj on Saturday evening, hours after he had gone missing from Dhanmondi in the capital.
Traffic terrible
Sonia Ahmed had had enough of city traffic yesterday after remaining stuck in a huge tailback near New Market for about one and a half hours.
Man shot at Mohakhali
Unknown miscreants have shot a man in Mohakhali Wireless Gate area of Dhaka.
Fire at Hatirpool’s Motalib Plaza doused
The fire that broke out at Hatirpool’s Motalib Plaza in capital Dhaka has been doused after two hours of frantic efforts of the firefighters.
Dhaka's cost of living as high as Montreal's
Would you believe that the cost of living in Dhaka is as high as that in the Canadian city of Montreal although the living amenities and conditions in these two cities are world apart?
Five hurt in cylinder blast
At least five people were burnt when an oil cylinder exploded at a metal casting factory in the capital's Shyampur area yesterday
Woman's body found
Police recovered the body of an “indigenous” woman at Gulshan in the capital yesterday morning.
6 suspected Huji men arrested
Police arrested six “members of banned militant outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami (Huji)”, including its “Kushtia regional commander”, in the capital's Kotwali area on Tuesday evening.
Hijra shot at Uttara
A person (Hijra) has been shot in an attack by his rivals in Dhaka’s Uttara area this morning.