Capital

Do we have a vision for Dhaka?

Dhaka is now a black hole: a city consuming millions of residents but has no sense of quality life.

What do Dhaka and Bangkok have in common?

Unplanned transport infrastructure.

How easy is it to be a startup in Bangladesh?

These issues arise in the context of startups due to a disorganised policy framework across various ministries.

Why is Wasa discharging untreated waste into Dhaka waters?

Wasa should come clean on sewage bills

Can the new Detailed Area Plan cure Dhaka of its ills?

Only if Rajuk has the will and organisational capacity

Dakar Rally to push competitors to the max

The 39th Dakar Rally revs into gear on Monday in the Paraguayan capital Asuncion, the start of a punishing route at often giddy altitudes that the competitors admit they are scared by.

Fahim Munaim to be buried tomorrow

Eminent journalist Syed Fahim Munaim, who died yesterday, will be buried at Banani graveyard in the capital tomorrow.

ONE YEAR OF TWO DHAKA MAYORS / Freeing illegally occupied roads, sites was not easy

Annisul Huq and Sayeed Khokon took oath as mayors respectively of Dhaka North and South City Corporations on May 6 last year. They took over offices with serious pledges and commitments to bring about qualitative changes in delivering civic services.

ONE YEAR OF TWO DHAKA MAYORS / More authority needed to deliver civic services

We have started repair of 300 roads. Reinforced concrete is being used to repair three-fourth of the roads so they will last for decades.

April 19, 2016
April 19, 2016

Baby killed at Uttar Khan, mother under scanner

A one-and-a-half-year old boy has been stabbed to death at Uttar Khan in Dhaka. Police are primarily suspecting the mother to be the killer.

April 4, 2016
April 4, 2016

Drik official found dead in N'ganj

A Drik official was found dead in the bushes beside Dhaka-Narayanganj Link Road in Jalkuri area of Narayanganj on Saturday evening, hours after he had gone missing from Dhanmondi in the capital.

March 31, 2016
March 31, 2016

Traffic terrible

Sonia Ahmed had had enough of city traffic yesterday after remaining stuck in a huge tailback near New Market for about one and a half hours.

March 29, 2016
March 29, 2016

Man shot at Mohakhali

Unknown miscreants have shot a man in Mohakhali Wireless Gate area of Dhaka.

March 23, 2016
March 23, 2016

Fire at Hatirpool’s Motalib Plaza doused

The fire that broke out at Hatirpool’s Motalib Plaza in capital Dhaka has been doused after two hours of frantic efforts of the firefighters.

March 17, 2016
March 17, 2016

Dhaka's cost of living as high as Montreal's

Would you believe that the cost of living in Dhaka is as high as that in the Canadian city of Montreal although the living amenities and conditions in these two cities are world apart?

March 13, 2016
March 13, 2016

Five hurt in cylinder blast

At least five people were burnt when an oil cylinder exploded at a metal casting factory in the capital's Shyampur area yesterday

March 6, 2016
March 6, 2016

Woman's body found

Police recovered the body of an “indigenous” woman at Gulshan in the capital yesterday morning.

February 18, 2016
February 18, 2016

6 suspected Huji men arrested

Police arrested six “members of banned militant outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami (Huji)”, including its “Kushtia regional commander”, in the capital's Kotwali area on Tuesday evening.

February 9, 2016
February 9, 2016

Hijra shot at Uttara

A person (Hijra) has been shot in an attack by his rivals in Dhaka’s Uttara area this morning.

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