Dengue taking its toll on little ones
Eighteen-month-old Tabassum Alo was crying on her mother’s lap in the children’s dengue ward at Mugda Medical College Hospital yesterday afternoon.
17 October 2025, 22:51 PM
Prolonged inaction, recurring fire tragedies
Despite repeated deadly fire incidents, the government has yet to relocate hazardous chemical warehouses from Dhaka’s residential areas to designated industrial zones in Munshiganj.
15 October 2025, 18:00 PM
Dengue patients crowd Suhrawardy hospital
Soniya Akhter, 25, a resident of Mirpur-1, has been undergoing treatment at the dengue ward of Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital since Wednesday night.
10 October 2025, 20:40 PM
Dengue outbreak: 9 dead, over 1,000 cases in one day
At least 1,042 new dengue cases were reported yesterday -- the highest in a single day this year -- taking the confirmed number to nearly 50,000 so far.
5 October 2025, 18:35 PM
Battery rickshaws overrun Dhaka
Urban planners and experts warn that these vehicles could cripple the city's transport network unless regulations are in place and enforced immediately
4 October 2025, 18:09 PM
Ongoing rains may worsen dengue crisis
Ongoing rainfall in October is expected to intensify the risk of dengue, with experts warning the situation may worsen in the coming months.
3 October 2025, 20:24 PM
September deadliest, Oct peak looms
Dengue infections and fatalities continue to rise at an alarming rate, with the death toll reaching 200 and total reported cases climbing to 47,832 as of yesterday.
1 October 2025, 18:08 PM
Dengue fight faltering
Eleven of the 12 city corporations across the country don’t have any entomologists to help the authorities check mosquito-borne diseases, exposing their weakness in combatting dengue that has now become a year-round concern.
1 October 2025, 18:08 PM
Market gets priority over fresh air
It would be hard to bring to mind that the widely known Karwan Bazar kitchen market was a children's park even only eight years ago,
5 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Community centre wipes out another park
How many parks does Dhaka city need? According to rules, it should be 92, one for each ward. But we have only 54, with several of
2 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Oasis turns into just another stack of concrete
Tikatuli Park, which was once an oasis for the people living in Tikatuli of the capital, is just a memory now for residents who had lived there about 15 years back.
29 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Once was a green patch
Another green patch that has been lost from Dhaka city's landscape was once called Sharafatganj Park. Again it is the city corporation that took over the land and started construction of a five-storey community centre.
28 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Chirping replaced by honking
For one who has never been there before, or at least a decade ago, it would sound incredulous that once it was a park abuzz with
27 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Risky, illegal
Dhaka city people are exposed to serious risks of fatal accidents, particularly during storms, as the city authorities have failed to
6 April 2015, 18:00 PM
A Mirpur road in shambles for 3yrs
Roads in terrible condition in Dhaka city is not a new concept, however, the state of Road-17 in Mirpur-10 still shocks pedestrians and
27 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Part of Bhagalpur without water supply for months
After the water tap ran completely dry at her house three months ago, Saleha Begum visited the nearby Durga temple to collect water
24 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Dilapidated road in South Jatrabari keeps vehicles away
Taniya Akhtar, a class IV student of Jatrabari Girls High School, walks more than one kilometre every day to commute between her home and school.
10 March 2015, 18:33 PM
Democracy through blockade too costly for day labourers
Nowadays day labourer Mosharraf Hossain does not care if he is paid half of what he usually gets as long as he can earn money.
9 March 2015, 21:17 PM
Pallabi road causing palpable pains
For the last five years walking, let alone riding a vehicle, has been a nightmare over the around one kilometre road stretching from Setar Towar
26 February 2015, 18:09 PM
Garbage containers a sore for Mirpur eye hospital, post office
The appalling sight of garbage right in front of a hospital in Mirpur 2 is a stark reminder of the sheer negligence, lack of foresightedness and apathy plaguing Dhaka city's waste management system.
23 February 2015, 18:44 PM
Road to unity
The idea of having to literally swim just to get to school might seem like a practice of remote, rugged areas.
18 February 2015, 23:03 PM
Profit, more profit
Mango traders in Chapainawabganj and Rajshahi use toxic chemicals to ripen the fruit. They also do so to get the produce out on the market sooner and to increase its shelf life.
9 September 2014, 18:05 PM