Dhaka

Death is built into our cityscapes

Why do authorities gamble with our lives?

#Fiction / Dhaka 2084: Interview of a Time Traveller

The sudden appearance — and the equally sudden disappearance — of a middle-aged woman named Eli Kaizer, who claimed to be a time traveller, has caught the attention of not only our city, but the entire world.

Free up our footpaths!

We need a walkable city, not just grand infrastructures

#Perspective / Friendship knows no time: Dhaka's heart-warming hospitality

Dhaka means the world to me. Most of my professional life has been here and a large chunk of my personal life is intrinsically linked with Dhaka. I am never tired of the city. Yes, there are obstacles. Yes, there are resource shortages. Yes, there are insane traffic snarls. But there is one thing which is never in short supply — great people!

Top 10 student-friendly cities in the world: Dhaka ranks extremely low

London, Tokyo, and Seoul lead the list. Out of the 160 cities in this list, Dhaka ranked 149th with a score of 44.1, one of the lowest on this list.

Poetry / Cleaner of dawn

She doesn’t need an alarm For the last hour of the night.

World Cities Day / A Dhaka we’ll want to arrive at

The city, the one that we want to arrive at, remains illusory

A forgotten history: The Prince who dethroned Dhaka as a capital

His tenure in Bengal began in 1639, and a curious footnote would be that he actually stripped Dhaka of its status as a Mughal capital, shifting the seat of government to Rajmahal (a place now in India).

Don’t let Dhaka turn into a battlefield

Let good sense—and constitutional obligations—prevail

March 5, 2024
March 5, 2024

Death is built into our cityscapes

Why do authorities gamble with our lives?

February 26, 2024
February 26, 2024

Dhaka 2084: Interview of a Time Traveller

The sudden appearance — and the equally sudden disappearance — of a middle-aged woman named Eli Kaizer, who claimed to be a time traveller, has caught the attention of not only our city, but the entire world.

February 4, 2024
February 4, 2024

Free up our footpaths!

We need a walkable city, not just grand infrastructures

January 14, 2024
January 14, 2024

Friendship knows no time: Dhaka's heart-warming hospitality

Dhaka means the world to me. Most of my professional life has been here and a large chunk of my personal life is intrinsically linked with Dhaka. I am never tired of the city. Yes, there are obstacles. Yes, there are resource shortages. Yes, there are insane traffic snarls. But there is one thing which is never in short supply — great people!

January 7, 2024
January 7, 2024

Top 10 student-friendly cities in the world: Dhaka ranks extremely low

London, Tokyo, and Seoul lead the list. Out of the 160 cities in this list, Dhaka ranked 149th with a score of 44.1, one of the lowest on this list.

December 23, 2023
December 23, 2023

Cleaner of dawn

She doesn’t need an alarm For the last hour of the night.

October 31, 2023
October 31, 2023

A Dhaka we’ll want to arrive at

The city, the one that we want to arrive at, remains illusory

October 29, 2023
October 29, 2023

A forgotten history: The Prince who dethroned Dhaka as a capital

His tenure in Bengal began in 1639, and a curious footnote would be that he actually stripped Dhaka of its status as a Mughal capital, shifting the seat of government to Rajmahal (a place now in India).

October 27, 2023
October 27, 2023

Don’t let Dhaka turn into a battlefield

Let good sense—and constitutional obligations—prevail

October 23, 2023
October 23, 2023

How can we bring our canals back from the dead?

Terrains that once birthed and nourished the city have now mutated into sullied, ominous urban risks.

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