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All animal waste cleared in Dhaka south in 10 hrs: DSCC

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) has claimed that 100 percent sacrificial animal waste has been disposed of within approximately 10 hours

#Perspective / Cutting down trees and Dhaka’s slow, gruelling death

This year, the whole of Bangladesh is experiencing unprecedented heat waves. The intense heat has reached a point where opening the windows makes the situation worse instead of bringing in relief in the form of a soothing breeze. Millions around the country, especially the lower middle class, day labourers, farmers, and people who work outside are suffering greatly.

Book Review / Can a city be smart without adequate finance?

Although Dhaka and Kolkata, two major South Asian cities, are just 240 kilometres apart and share a common history and culture, not many comparative studies on these cities have been undertaken so far.

Want to tie the knot again? pay tax first

Life for those who are planning to get married in the southern side of Dhaka city is about to get a little more difficult than it usually is.

Saat Masjid Road / A curious tradeoff

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) has faced criticism from environmentalists after cutting down several hundred trees, including Banyan, Nim, Plum, and other varieties, along the median of Saat Masjid Road

Why I feel suffocated by Dhanmondi

Dhanmondi these days is a cacophony of people, traffic, events, vendors, schools, hospitals, restaurants, and construction sites.

Saat Masjid Road: Trees felled for facelift, a new median strip

City life comes with rapid change. But for the residents of Dhanmondi what didn’t change for long were the trees and plants on the median of Saat Masjid Road. Bursting with blossoms in spring and summer, the krishnachuras and the radhachuras, among other trees, became a part of their lives.

Parks and recreation, a distant dream

Do authorities care at all about citizens' quality of life?

Saat Masjid Road / Trees felled flouting rules

The lush greenery of Dhaka is slowly disappearing, and in some instances the perpetrator behind this devastation is none other than the Dhaka South City Corporation.

June 18, 2024
June 18, 2024

All animal waste cleared in Dhaka south in 10 hrs: DSCC

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) has claimed that 100 percent sacrificial animal waste has been disposed of within approximately 10 hours

June 5, 2023
June 5, 2023

Cutting down trees and Dhaka’s slow, gruelling death

This year, the whole of Bangladesh is experiencing unprecedented heat waves. The intense heat has reached a point where opening the windows makes the situation worse instead of bringing in relief in the form of a soothing breeze. Millions around the country, especially the lower middle class, day labourers, farmers, and people who work outside are suffering greatly.

May 31, 2023
May 31, 2023

Can a city be smart without adequate finance?

Although Dhaka and Kolkata, two major South Asian cities, are just 240 kilometres apart and share a common history and culture, not many comparative studies on these cities have been undertaken so far.

May 24, 2023
May 24, 2023

Want to tie the knot again? pay tax first

Life for those who are planning to get married in the southern side of Dhaka city is about to get a little more difficult than it usually is.

May 20, 2023
May 20, 2023

A curious tradeoff

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) has faced criticism from environmentalists after cutting down several hundred trees, including Banyan, Nim, Plum, and other varieties, along the median of Saat Masjid Road

May 18, 2023
May 18, 2023

Why I feel suffocated by Dhanmondi

Dhanmondi these days is a cacophony of people, traffic, events, vendors, schools, hospitals, restaurants, and construction sites.

May 18, 2023
May 18, 2023

Saat Masjid Road: Trees felled for facelift, a new median strip

City life comes with rapid change. But for the residents of Dhanmondi what didn’t change for long were the trees and plants on the median of Saat Masjid Road. Bursting with blossoms in spring and summer, the krishnachuras and the radhachuras, among other trees, became a part of their lives.

May 15, 2023
May 15, 2023

Parks and recreation, a distant dream

Do authorities care at all about citizens' quality of life?

May 10, 2023
May 10, 2023

Trees felled flouting rules

The lush greenery of Dhaka is slowly disappearing, and in some instances the perpetrator behind this devastation is none other than the Dhaka South City Corporation.

May 6, 2023
May 6, 2023

DSCC tree-cutting: A development initiative or a murder spree?

Why could the development project not be carried out while preserving these trees?