Dhaka

Director, lead actress to attend 'Kajol Rekha' screening in Khulna today

A month since its premiere, "Kajol Rekha", helmed by the renowned director Gias Uddin Selim, continues to grace the silver screen. The film has not only received acclaim from the audience but garnered widespread admiration.
16 May 2024, 05:41 AM

Oni Hasan to host guitar clinic with Ershad Zaman, Mizan Rahman in Dhaka

Guitarist Oni Hasan returned to the Dhaka stage after nearly a decade. Earlier on Friday, he rocked the audience at the "Rock and Rhythm 4.0: Resurrection of Black" concert in the capital. Now, the prodigal musician is set to share his musical journey at “Guitar Clinic with Oni Hasan”.
13 May 2024, 10:57 AM

Dhaka awaits concerts by Anjan Dutt and Black

Winter is generally considered to be the season of concerts in Bangladesh. However, lately, concerts featuring both local and international artists are being organized throughout the year. Tomorrow, Friday, Adventor Communications will be hosting the "Rock and Rhythm 4.0: Resurrection of Black" concert at the ICCB Expo Zone. The following day, May 11th, "Anjan in Dhaka Metropolis Vol. 2" will be held at the Dhaka Arena in Purbachal.
9 May 2024, 11:37 AM

Death is built into our cityscapes

Why do authorities gamble with our lives?
5 March 2024, 02:00 AM

Dhaka 2084: Interview of a Time Traveller

The sudden appearance — and the equally sudden disappearance — of a middle-aged woman named Eli Kaizer, who claimed to be a time traveller, has caught the attention of not only our city, but the entire world.
26 February 2024, 14:11 PM

Free up our footpaths!

We need a walkable city, not just grand infrastructures
4 February 2024, 12:00 PM

Friendship knows no time: Dhaka's heart-warming hospitality

Dhaka means the world to me. Most of my professional life has been here and a large chunk of my personal life is intrinsically linked with Dhaka. I am never tired of the city. Yes, there are obstacles. Yes, there are resource shortages. Yes, there are insane traffic snarls. But there is one thing which is never in short supply — great people!
14 January 2024, 08:49 AM

Top 10 student-friendly cities in the world: Dhaka ranks extremely low

London, Tokyo, and Seoul lead the list. Out of the 160 cities in this list, Dhaka ranked 149th with a score of 44.1, one of the lowest on this list.
7 January 2024, 13:29 PM

Cleaner of dawn

She doesn’t need an alarm For the last hour of the night.
22 December 2023, 18:00 PM

A Dhaka we’ll want to arrive at

The city, the one that we want to arrive at, remains illusory
31 October 2023, 03:00 AM

A forgotten history: The Prince who dethroned Dhaka as a capital

His tenure in Bengal began in 1639, and a curious footnote would be that he actually stripped Dhaka of its status as a Mughal capital, shifting the seat of government to Rajmahal (a place now in India).
29 October 2023, 11:00 AM

Don’t let Dhaka turn into a battlefield

Let good sense—and constitutional obligations—prevail
27 October 2023, 15:00 PM

How can we bring our canals back from the dead?

Terrains that once birthed and nourished the city have now mutated into sullied, ominous urban risks.
23 October 2023, 04:00 AM

Is urbanisation in Bangladesh doomed?

Major cities, including metropolises like Dhaka and Chattogram, consistently rank among the world's least liveable urban areas.
22 October 2023, 00:00 AM

Ronaldinho’s brief stopover in Dhaka

Brazilian legend Ronaldinho Gaucho spent a hectic 12 hours in Dhaka yesterday on way to Dubai from Kolkata, where he had spent the previous two days and attended a number of events.
19 October 2023, 00:00 AM

Dhaka University’s ‘game of departments’

Democracy needs its voters; and in the case of Dhaka University, this meant recruiting enough of the right kind of voters
7 October 2023, 15:00 PM

Dhaka: Day one and counting

There are too many people in Dhaka. So many that it’s choking the city. However, every person here is here for a reason.
7 September 2023, 18:00 PM

Our forgotten elderly

In many cities around the world, elderly people literally cannot cross the road because the timing on crossing signals is too brief. At least we don’t have that problem in Dhaka, if only due to the absence of functional traffic lights.
7 September 2023, 00:00 AM

Do we have a vision for Dhaka?

Dhaka is now a black hole: a city consuming millions of residents but has no sense of quality life.
29 August 2023, 04:27 AM

What do Dhaka and Bangkok have in common?

Unplanned transport infrastructure.
17 August 2023, 00:00 AM