Volume 4 Number 133 Mon. October 06, 2003    
 
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Rajuk planners' delay game
Detailed Area Plan scheme remains a far cry while unplanned urbanisation flourishes
The Detailed Area Plan (DAP) of Dhaka city has not seen daylight although the process of its implementation started in 1999.
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DCC's bizarre marketing plans
The Dhaka City Corporation has come up with a plan to demolish seven kitchen markets in the city and build multi-storied shopping centers without regard to thousands of established traders and the loc
The Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) is now planning to demolish seven major kitchen markets in the city and replace them with 'modern multi-storied markets', sources in the Nagar Bhaban said.
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Save Malitola mosque, save our heritage
The conservation of the century old Haji Mainuddin mosque of Malitola still remains uncertain as the archaeology department under the Cultural Ministry is yet to decide on the fate of the mosque due to
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No peace in death
The Christian cemetery in Wari, where world war II British soldiers are buried with their Christian predecessors, is constantly being subjected to vandalism
The Christian Cemetery in Wari has been facing a raft of problems for the last few years, caused mostly by locals.
 
Fun in the city’s outskirts
Amusement centres for city dwellers are being pushed out of the hustle and bustle of the city and Theme Parks are moved to open areas where crowds of the city are seen rushing to entertain themselvesduring
 
Winter draws nigh
The Met office predicted that the city would be experiencing winter, sometime around mid-November, as usual, this year.
 
Climbing a moutain
Where do you begin with an article about 'Tourism in Bangladesh?' Well, when stuck it makes sense, as the adage goes, 'to begin by writing what you know.
 
A Sri Lankan in Dhaka
Bangladesh, what a place to go? A question asked by many when I decided to come here. Prone to floods and other natural disasters, I was told that there would be nothing else but fish for food.
 
State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism Mir Mohammad Nasiruddin talks to The Star City
Tourism's changing times
A cabinet sub-committee headed by the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism may be able to solve many of the problems faced by the tourism industry, believes State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism
 
Tourism industry on the rise
Bangladesh is expected to receive 2.16 lakh tourists this year followed by 2.27 lakh in 2004 and 2.42 lakh in 2005, according to the Pacific Asian Travel Association (PATA) forecasts.
 
Not a paradise for backpackers
What happens to a backpacker when he arrives in Bangladesh? In most cases, as a foreigner coming from Europe, America or some Asian country, he (or she) is shown an expensive hotel to get through thenight.
 

 
   
 
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