Dhaka
The Science Behind These Beautiful Skies
Why, and how, is the sky so colourful these days?
Glue-sniffing: childhood lost on the streets
Children huddled in a corner huffing plastic bags is a common sight in Dhaka. Though rehabilitation efforts are needed urgently, the authorities that should be concerned only seem to be shifting...
Low voter turnout ominous sign for nation: Dr Kamal
He said people did not go to polling stations as they think this government would not be changed with their votes.
Cop placed on 2-day remand in robbery case
A Dhaka court places a sub-inspector of Detective Branch of police on a two-day remand in connection with a robbery case.
Couple dies from electrocution in Jatrabari
A man and his wife die from electrocution at their rented house in Dhaka’s Jatrabari area.
2 eighth graders drown in Dhaka
Two eighth grade students drown in a canal at Aftabnagar in Dhaka.
Student injured jumping off college building in Dhaka
A student of Dhaka’s Banophool Adibashi Green Heart College is injured after jumping off a building roof today as his teacher allegedly hurled abusive words at him for not being successful in the...
The zoo that is not
Many of the animals at the Bangladesh National Zoo are passing days with immense suffering. With poor medical care, scarce food and congested cages, the captive animals look so miserable and weak...
Wari child raped before murder
A seven-year-old child, whose body has been found in an under-construction building at Dhaka’s Wari, was raped before murder, doctor says after autopsy.
Cops among 3 hurt in ‘crude bomb blast’ in Gulistan
Three persons, including two traffic constables and a community policeman, are injured in a “crude bomb blast” in Gulistan area of Dhaka.
Dhaka Flood Flow Zones: Urban sprawl eats up 57pc
Individuals, businesses, real-estate developers, organisations, and even government agencies have gobbled up 1,072 acres (57pc) of the 1,879-acre flood flow zones in core Dhaka city in this decade,...