February 14, 2022
Taking the easy way out?
Just a few days ago, this correspondent came across four children collecting medical waste from a temporary garbage station of Super Medical Hospital, a private facility in Savar.
February 3, 2022
Roses gone, dreams dead
This was supposed to be their time of the year. There’s Pahela Falgun, then there’s Valentine’s Day, both occasions where people buy flowers to give to their loved ones.
January 27, 2022
700 acres submerged
Once Nurul Haque used to cultivate different types of crops in his land all around the year.
January 19, 2022
Where risky way is the only way
Owing to the failure of contractors to finish the construction of a foot-over bridge on time, pedestrians on the Dhaka-Aricha Highway’s Joypura area, are risking their lives to cross the road through the unfinished bridge, which doesn’t even have safety railings.
January 1, 2022
Savar Health Complex: Hamstrung by doctor shortage
Savar Upazila Health Complex has been suffering from capacity issues for quite a long time now. From lack of beds, doctors and every other required facility, the state-sponsored health service is far from fulfilling the needs of the people.
December 4, 2021
Is it ever going to be repaired?
The pothole ridden Zirabo-Bishmail road in Ashulia, Savar is in an extremely poor shape, causing immense suffering to the commuters.
November 6, 2021
Savar cultural activists yet to get Shilpakala Academy
It’s been a long-standing resolve of cultural activists in Savar to get a mandated cultural platform like Shilpakala Academy.
October 29, 2021
At the mercy of political leaders
On over 60 decimals of land stands Yunus Ali’s lemon orchard. It’s located at the banks of the Bongshi river, falling under Amchirmor village in Dhamrai’s Jadavpur union.
October 17, 2021
As our rivers lie dying
Two major riverbanks on the capital’s outskirts remain at the mercy of illegal encroachers, and the only action the government has taken over the last decade is preparing lists of the grabbers, without taking any action against them.
October 15, 2021
Savar’s Swanirvor Dhamsona UP sets unique example
Lovely Begum of Nolam Borotek area under Swanirvor Dhamsona Union Parishad in Savar, used to cook meals for her five-member family in a traditional stove fueled by firewood.