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Tanjil Sowgat

Dr Tanjil Sowgat is Professor, Urban and Rural Planning Discipline, Khulna University, Bangladesh, and In-Country Co-Investigator, Sustainable Healthy and Learning City (SHLC) project (funded by UKRI).

Confronting Dhaka’s battery-run rickshaw dilemma

Opinion / Confronting Dhaka’s battery-run rickshaw dilemma

18 May 2025, 07:00 AM
One of the more recent manifestations of informal urban expansion is the proliferation of battery-run rickshaws.
18 May 2025, 07:00 AM
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A campus without student politics

25 October 2019, 18:00 PM
Recently I went to a fourth-year class at Khulna University to hear about students’ request to reschedule their class viva.
25 October 2019, 18:00 PM
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Umuganda in Rwanda / A powerful idea that can inspire community-driven development in Bangladesh

5 March 2019, 18:00 PM
I went to Rwanda as part of the Sustainable Healthy and Learning City (SHLC) project, a consortium, to conduct research and explore global challenges to create sustainable and healthy cities in developing countries.
5 March 2019, 18:00 PM
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