Rajuk in fresh trouble with its old misdeeds
The Rajdhani Unnayan Kartipokkho (RAJUK) is reeling in trouble with residential plots created five years ago by lake filling at Gulshan Road-41.
It is planning to create a road between plot no.
Illegal advertisers nail down city greens
Illegal advertisers are nailing their advertising boards to trees indiscriminately. The environment minister has warned of heavy fines for the offenders but the message has not gone through
Despite an order by the ministry, advertisements nailed on the trees throughout the city have continued in full swing.
Onslaught on city footpaths continues
Most footpaths are unusable as authorities cast no regard for pedestrians who make the bulk of all road users
Most city sidewalks, already taken over by roadside vendors, are now reeling under the grab of thousands of homeowners, who converted them to private gateways.
Ramna's Night Riders
City's Ramna Park is home to several hundred bats. Bats are crucial to the entire echo system around us and are the only mammals that can fly.
Law-breakers taking a ride!
A large number of vehicles with cases pending against them for violation of traffic rules, are freely moving on the roads of Dhaka.
Sensible commercials uplift social values
A seven member media-monitoring forum on gender issues has been formed to monitor the participation, portrayal of men and women in the media and advertisements and its effects on the society.
Dhaka zoo mummies rot in its museum
The animal museum of Dhaka Zoo has been in a shabby condition owing to negligence and poor maintenance by the authorities.
