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#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.
Want to tie the knot again? pay tax first
Life for those who are planning to get married in the southern side of Dhaka city is about to get a little more difficult than it usually is.
Saat Masjid Road / A curious tradeoff
Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) has faced criticism from environmentalists after cutting down several hundred trees, including Banyan, Nim, Plum, and other varieties, along the median of Saat Masjid Road
Why I feel suffocated by Dhanmondi
Dhanmondi these days is a cacophony of people, traffic, events, vendors, schools, hospitals, restaurants, and construction sites.
Saat Masjid Road: Trees felled for facelift, a new median strip
City life comes with rapid change. But for the residents of Dhanmondi what didn’t change for long were the trees and plants on the median of Saat Masjid Road. Bursting with blossoms in spring and summer, the krishnachuras and the radhachuras, among other trees, became a part of their lives.
Parks and recreation, a distant dream
Do authorities care at all about citizens' quality of life?
Saat Masjid Road / Trees felled flouting rules
The lush greenery of Dhaka is slowly disappearing, and in some instances the perpetrator behind this devastation is none other than the Dhaka South City Corporation.
DSCC tree-cutting: A development initiative or a murder spree?
Why could the development project not be carried out while preserving these trees?
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.
Drive at Old Dhaka chemical factories next week: Khokon
Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sayeed Khokon says that they will conduct a drive at all chemical factories in Old Dhaka from next week.
Slaughtering everywhere, govt advice goes unheeded
Though the city corporations have designated 620 places in Dhaka South and 543 in Dhaka Northfor slaughtering sacrificial animals, the city-dwells slaughter their cattle on the streets in front of their respective houses, with bloods running down the streets.
A dog sees Dhaka
This city can be cruel. I have been kicked and pushed away. I have seen worse being done to my brethren. In spite of all this, this city has become my home.
Dengue threat looms over city
A large part of Dhaka South City Corporation is at risk of a dengue outbreak as the carrier of the virus, Aedes mosquito, is present at over one-third of the houses and other structures in that zone, a survey has found.
Beef price per kg Tk 450, mutton Tk 720 for Ramadan
Ahead of the Ramadan, the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) authorities fix the price of beef per kilogramme at Tk 450, which is Tk 25 less than that of last Ramadan.
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.
‘Anger Management Park’ in Dhaka
Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) is to set up a park to manage anger in Dhaka.
DSCC medics to give door-to-door flu care
Dhaka South City Corporation is launching a door-to-door primary healthcare service for a fortnight from tomorrow.
Guppy fish to be released in Dhaka south to curb mosquito-borne diseases
Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) will release Guppy fishes in drainage and sewerage lines to curb the menace of mosquito-borne diseases including Chikungunya
