The new branch is expected to open in mid-January, store owner Amina Rahman told The Daily Star. 

Improving Dhaka’s walkability will be a long journey

This December will see Dhaka Rock Fest 3.0 and Fuad Live return together

The abhorrent traffic on Airport Road have left very few inhabitants of surrounding regions unscathed.

“We tried our best to keep the shop but the tides of change are upon us”, Bookworm announced on their social media today. 

Dhaka is one of the 20 most unsustainable megacities in the world, as per a new climate report.

The regulations that DAP recommends can initiate a spree of development in the floodplains and agricultural lands surrounding central Dhaka, posing a serious threat of urban flooding.

A car ride in Dhaka traffic is mind-numbing, unless shared with friends.

Authorities must save what’s left of Boro Katra, others

Wasa should come clean on sewage bills

Only if Rajuk has the will and organisational capacity

With the expansion of the publishing business, bookshops also sprang up in various parts of Old Dhaka, particularly in Chawkbazar, Islampur, Mughaltuli and Patuatuli. It is estimated that the number of bookshops in Dhaka till 1900 were no less than 40. 

Icddr,b will administer the second dose of oral cholera vaccine in five areas of Dhaka from August 3 to 10, under the supervision of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Despite all her flaws, Dhaka is still the home that loves with reckless abandon

Fix the crucial connecting road, ease people's suffering

If you want to fall in love with the city—walk. This simple aphorism opens up a full discourse on how we can make our cities liveable and civic, and how we might live together as a collective.

For most guests of honour at seminars, inaugurations or book launches, if they are VIPs, being on time is unthinkable. The norm is to arrive at least an hour later than the stipulated time, while the other guests and participants huff and puff with exasperation and then speak well over the allotted time.

A lack of safe public spaces in Dhaka has aggravated a lot of issues, especially among the youth.

Living close to a noisy school, studying at home becomes impossible for me.

Ever since I started living in Dhaka, I feel suffocated.