Dhaka city
Only balanced urbanisation can make Bangladeshi cities liveable
It is clear just how overpopulated Dhaka city has become
Is the metro rail really opening tomorrow?
The limited launch of the metro tomorrow is unlikely to make any real dent in Dhaka's traffic problem
Only balanced urbanisation can make Bangladeshi cities liveable
It is clear just how overpopulated Dhaka city has become
Detailed Area Plan for Dhaka: Is a liveable and sustainable future too much to ask for?
DAP depicts a vision, but whose vision that is and how it came to be are not clear.
The psychology of improper waste disposal in Dhaka
The root of the problem lies in human behaviour, especially people’s apathy towards dealing with waste.
Dhaka: An unwalkable city
A walkable city prioritises pedestrians over motorised vehicles in urban planning.
Does Dhaka need underground metro or subway?
The government has been working on building 258km of underground rail to ease up the traffic of Dhaka city. This plan consists of 11 different subway routes in Dhaka by 2050. Urban planners have called the project "costly" and "ambitious." They are saying that the project will not bring any positive change in the traffic congestion of the capital.
Lack of opposition presence at centres made polls questionable: Mahbub Talukder
The lack of representation of opposition parties at voting centres has made the election questionable, Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukder opine while talking to journalists on the recently concluded Dhaka city polls.
DCC polls: What newly-included wards want
Speeding up mosquito control activities, proper waste management, repairing roads and solving waterlogging problems -- these are the main issues residents of newly-added wards expect to be solved by their mayor.
Dhaka—the second most polluted capital city
A jointly-prepared report by Greenpeace and Airvisual recently unveiled the 2018 Air Quality Report on March 5 and in it, Dhaka has featured as the second most polluted capital city in the world.
Of mortality and unlearned lessons
If you Google “Tragedies in Bangladesh,” you will see a multitude of news articles popping up about disastrous mishaps where factories have collapsed, burned, or had a major industrial machinery explode, and claimed the lives of tens to hundreds to thousands of workers and passers-by who were unfortunate enough to be around the area of disaster. And many of these are just the ones in Dhaka city.