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High-tech trees: DNCC to use GPRS to monitor plants in the city
The Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) has initiated a project to monitor and maintain newly planted trees across the DNCC jurisdiction using General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) technology. This initiative was inaugurated at the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC) auditorium on November 18.
#Perspective / Cutting down trees and Dhaka’s slow, gruelling death
This year, the whole of Bangladesh is experiencing unprecedented heat waves. The intense heat has reached a point where opening the windows makes the situation worse instead of bringing in relief in the form of a soothing breeze. Millions around the country, especially the lower middle class, day labourers, farmers, and people who work outside are suffering greatly.
Book Review / Can a city be smart without adequate finance?
Although Dhaka and Kolkata, two major South Asian cities, are just 240 kilometres apart and share a common history and culture, not many comparative studies on these cities have been undertaken so far.
Heatwaves, global warming, and the ethics of our cities
We must rethink how cities are planned, designed, and administered to combat the adverse effects of both the heat island problem and climate change.
Parks and recreation, a distant dream
Do authorities care at all about citizens' quality of life?
Under the dirty water, there’s a ward
Some of the places remain under stagnant water for years, while some lack basic civic amenities, including proper roads or pure drinking water. None of these neighbourhoods has a single playground. Such are the states of the three wards in zone-9 of Dhaka North City Corporation.
DSCC Pet Tax / DSCC just can’t seem to get it right when it comes to dogs
Are we willing to pay this pet tax? Absolutely not.
DNCC to screen FIFA World Cup on giant screens
The Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) will screen the FIFA World Cup fixtures on giant screens in open spaces for soccer fans in the capital.
Are 'open spaces' really open?
With the gradual increase in population and rapid urbanisation, the number of open spaces in our megacity is drastically decreasing.
DNCC opens control room to provide free dengue test
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) today (July 16, 2022) opened a control room to provide free dengue tests and advice regarding the disease to its residents.
DNCC garbage truck runs over motorcyclist in Dhaka’s Kafrul
A man was killed after a garbage truck hit his motorcycle in Dhaka’s Kafrul area this afternoon.
AL to name its candidates tomorrow: Quader
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader says his party will finalise its candidates for the mayoral race in elections to two city corporations in Dhaka tomorrow.
DNCC passes Tk 3,057.24cr budget prioritising mosquito control
DNCC Mayor Atiqul Islam announces Tk 3,057.24 crore budget for 2019-20 fiscal, putting priority to the mosquito control and garbage management activities.
Time to be WARY OF WASTE
The two landfills in the capital have almost reached their limit with no immediate remedy in sight. Mountains of garbage are being formed in the landfills at Matuail and Aminbazar and there are fears that the waste will spill over into adjacent areas.
Inaction in the face of rising mosquito population
The inaction of the Dhaka North and South City Corporations in the face of an increasing mosquito population in the city's capital is deplorable. In order to effectively control the mosquito problem
Mosquito Menace in Capital: DNCC, DSCC doing little to contain it
The capital's mosquito population seems to be rising, but the two city corporations are doing little to contain the menace.
Tk 230 crore holding tax due in DSCC, DNCC
Local Government Minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain tells the parliament that Dhaka North and Dhaka South City Corporation have Tk 230 crore over as due holding tax from house owners.
HC halts DNCC mayoral by-polls
The High Court's three-month stay on the process of Dhaka North City Corporation polls yesterday triggered a blame game between the Awami League and the BNP.
LGRD ministry holds the key
It appears the mayoral by-polls to the DNCC have become uncertain following yesterday's High Court stay order. But the legal complexity can be removed and the LGRD ministry holds the key.
