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Death is built into our cityscapes
Why do authorities gamble with our lives?
What went right for Rajshahi?
The city's recent eye-catching developmental transformation has been a matter of curiosity for many.
Is urbanisation in Bangladesh doomed?
Major cities, including metropolises like Dhaka and Chattogram, consistently rank among the world's least liveable urban areas.
Our forgotten elderly
In many cities around the world, elderly people literally cannot cross the road because the timing on crossing signals is too brief. At least we don’t have that problem in Dhaka, if only due to the absence of functional traffic lights.
FICTION / Them two dogs
I am asked where I am headed. The expression in the lady’s eyes suggests this is not the first time I was asked the question. I stand there, wondering if the pits around her eyes—white as the sun—are caused by the likes of me, and I tell her where I’m headed.
Cosmopolitan Dream
I see you, with whatever half awake, sleep drifting irises, I see you. Dusted in the shelves of unread books, I see you and I know you, They will never know you but I do, in ways you are afraid.
Parks and recreation, a distant dream
Do authorities care at all about citizens' quality of life?
10 Things I Hate About Dhaka
I hate the way I don't hate you, not even close, not even a little bit, not even at all.
(Not My) Home: Musings of a Reluctant Immigrant
Despite all her flaws, Dhaka is still the home that loves with reckless abandon
Jam? What jam?
Surprise, surprise! Why are these headlines – Traffic goes haywire, City chokes on jam and so on -- hogging the newspaper pages? So what if the cars stop dead on the streets? Well, I did not feel anything and I crisscrossed this small city and reached all the spots on time yesterday! What was wrong with all these people!
‘Mobile phone thief’ beaten dead in Ctg
Over suspicion of being a thief, a youth has been beaten dead in Chittagong.
HC move to stop wrong side driving in Dhaka
High Court has issued a rule upon the authorities concerned to explain by two weeks as to why they should not be directed to stop plying of vehicles on the wrong side of roads in Dhaka city.
Man stabbed dead by muggers in city
A man is stabbed to death by muggers at Siddikbazar in the capital’s Bangshal area this morning.
Programme, demo cripple Dhaka
Inaugural of the Mouchak-Moghbazar flyover and a road blockade enforced by nursing students at Shahbagh have led to traffic sufferings for the Dhaka dwellers.
India's Gurgaon 'to say goodbye' to traffic jams
Pod taxis, an idea with which Indian states have flirted for years, will finally debut in Gurgaon, reports The Times of India.
Dhaka CNG drivers to go 24hr strike tomorrow
CNG-run auto-rickshaw drivers will enforce a 24-hour strike in Dhaka city from tomorrow morning to press home their demands.
Gas crisis to remain 3/4 days: Minister
The prevailing gas crisis in Dhaka city will persist for three or four days, State Minister for Power and Energy Nasrul Hamid says.
19 dead in Somalia restaurant attack
Somalia's Islamist Shebab militants killed at least 19 people when five gunmen detonated a bomb before storming a popular seaside restaurant in the capital Mogadishu.
Man United to renew bitter Premier League rivalry with Liverpool
Wayne Rooney plans to send Jurgen Klopp into another frustrated touchline frenzy by ruining the Liverpool manager's first taste of his club's bitter rivalry with Manchester United