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Dipan Nandy

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Dhaka’s footbridges: Built to keep pedestrians safe, now driving them away

9 hour(s) ago
In the midst of heavy traffic, Ripa Rudra, along with her two-year-old son, was standing next to a footbridge at the Nabisco intersection in the capital’s Tejgaon around 8:00pm.
9 hour(s) ago
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Band-aid fixes won’t solve Dhaka’s waterlogging

14 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Dhaka’s persistent waterlogging is driven by fragmented management, the lack of an integrated master plan, unchecked urbanisation, and the steady disappearance of wetlands and canals, according to experts.
14 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Dhaka waterlogging

Downpour drowns Dhaka

13 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Hours of heavy rain yesterday left large parts of Dhaka submerged in ankle- to waist-deep water, crippling traffic, and stranding commuters on streets and people in their homes.
13 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Dhaka traffic disrupted by floodwater

A 3.4 km journey through floodwater took 90 mins in Dhaka today

12 July 2026, 18:06 PM
Commuters waded through chest-deep stretches as buses and other vehicles stalled along the route
12 July 2026, 18:06 PM
Dhaka waterlogging after heavy rain

Waterlogging in Dhaka: Fresh rain lays bare gaps in drainage system

10 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Intermittent rains over the last few days once again left parts of Dhaka submerged, exposing the chronic weaknesses of the city’s drainage system.
10 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Bangladesh Municipal Services Crisis

Municipal services falter amid staff, leadership gaps

4 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Over the last few months, Subal Deb, a small trader from Jagannathpur municipality in Sunamganj, has been visiting the municipal office every week, seeking a solution to chronic waterlogging in his neighbourhood.
4 July 2026, 00:00 AM
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Panam city where history still whispers

4 July 2026, 00:00 AM
On the way to Sonargaon in Narayanganj, time seems to move backwards.
4 July 2026, 00:00 AM

ACC working on draft law rolling back key reforms

23 June 2026, 00:00 AM
The Anti-Corruption Commission is preparing a draft law that incorporates provisions from the ACC Act, 2004, and the unratified 2025 ordinance, while introducing several new proposals.
23 June 2026, 00:00 AM
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Ex-bureaucrats to be under ACC scanner

The Anti-Corruption Commission has recently decided in principle to investigate corruption allegations against those former top bureaucrats who served during the Awami League rule over the last 15 years.
6 September 2024, 18:00 PM
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Seizing black money: ACC to start special drive next week

The Anti-Corruption Commission is set to launch a special drive next week against corrupt individuals and black money.
30 August 2024, 18:00 PM
Wasa Managing Director Taqsem A Khan

ACC restarts probe against Taqsem

The Anti-Corruption Commission has reinitiated an investigation against Taqsem A Khan, former managing director of Dhaka Wasa, on charges of corruption.
20 August 2024, 18:00 PM
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High-ranking cops concerned as ACC probe looms

The high-ranking police officials loyal to the previous Awami League regime, are now passing days amid fear of losing their jobs, lawsuits, arrests and public wrath.
20 August 2024, 18:00 PM
Corruption

Corruption allegations: ACC to investigate 41 ex-ministers, MPs

The Anti-Corruption Commission has decided to initiate probes into allegations of graft against 41 who had been ministers, state ministers, and lawmakers of the Awami League between 2009 and 2024.
19 August 2024, 18:00 PM
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Disruption of services leave residents in limbo

Mohammad Atique, a resident of Gandaria, has been visiting the local councillor’s office for the last several days as he needs a citizenship certificate for his son.
14 August 2024, 18:00 PM
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At least 259 cops took treatment there

For over a week, three-year-old Namira and one-year-old Nadira have had their smiles wiped off their faces.
29 July 2024, 18:00 PM
Graft allegations against Benazir Ahmed

Benazir, Family: ACC fails to estimate value of some assets

The Anti-Corruption Commission could not determine the value of some of the properties amassed by former inspector general of police Benazir Ahmed, his wife, and two daughters.
25 July 2024, 18:00 PM
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Our daughters still await his return

Even two days ago, Farzana Popy had been living a life full of love and happiness with her husband and two daughters.
24 July 2024, 18:00 PM
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Patients with bullet, pellet wounds: Dhaka hospitals stretched to the limit

Some of them are teens, some in early 20s  and many are middle-aged men. The one thing common between all of them is that they have been shot either by shotgun pellets or bullets, as police and BGB opened fire at protesters and alleged infiltrators during the recent unrest centring the quota protests.
23 July 2024, 18:00 PM

DMCH morgue never been thicker with grief

The air at Dhaka Medical College Hospital morgue was never this thick with grief before yesterday.
20 July 2024, 18:00 PM
Waterlogging in Dhaka

Dhaka city corporations: Waterlogging forever?

Despite many initiatives and spending over Tk 730 crore over the past four years, Dhaka city corporations have failed to make any visible progress in mitigating the waterlogging problem.
13 July 2024, 18:00 PM
Graft allegations against Benazir Ahmed

Benazir, Family: Illegal assets worth Tk 43.5 crore found by ACC

The Anti-Corruption Commission has found illegal assets worth Tk 43.5 crore belonging to former inspector general of police Benazir Ahmed, his wife, and two daughters.
6 July 2024, 18:00 PM
Customs Commissioner Enamul Haque

Customs official acquired Tk 6.43cr properties in 8yrs

In just eight years, Customs Commissioner Mohammad Enamul Haque bought properties that, on paper, cost him over Tk 6.43 crore.
5 July 2024, 18:00 PM
NBR transfers tax official amid graft scandal

A corrupt taxman and his ‘blessed’ in-laws

“When you rise, lift others [read in-laws in this case] with you”-- even if it means bending a few rules along the way.
5 July 2024, 18:00 PM
court orders seizure of NBR official's assets

A corrupt taxman and his 'blessed' in-laws

Faisal, his relatives undervalued their properties in official documents, claims ACC
5 July 2024, 16:05 PM
Controversial taxman Quazi Abu Mahmud Faisal

Faisal bought savings certificate worth Tk 2.55cr

Controversial taxman Quazi Abu Mahmud Faisal had purchased family savings certificates worth Tk 1.45 crore for himself and his relatives in three months, according to the Anti-Corruption Commission.
29 June 2024, 18:00 PM
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ACC probe into Benazir, family’s wealth in final stages

The Anti-Corruption Commission has completed a thorough analysis of documents and field-level investigations regarding former inspector general of police Benazir Ahmed, as its two-month-long inquiry reaches its final stages.
29 June 2024, 18:00 PM
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Benazir wrote to Boat Club from abroad

Former police chief Benazir Ahmed has recently written to Dhaka Boat Club, stating that he is out of the country and cannot serve as its president during his “temporary absence”.
15 June 2024, 18:00 PM
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DNCC, DSCC gear up for swift removal of waste

The Dhaka South City Corporation and Dhaka North City Corporation have announced comprehensive plans to ensure timely and efficient removal of sacrificial animal waste during Eid-ul-Azha.
13 June 2024, 18:00 PM

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