Rajuk’s negligence is to blame for this unplanned development

What Dhaka, Istanbul, Delhi, Bangkok, Yogyakarta, Berlin and Alexandria reveal about the way cities make travellers feel

Dhaka will host the 15th SAFF Championship from November 4 to 17, the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) confirmed in a press release on Sunday.

Authorities must make sure they are safe, clean and usable

There we go again – the shaming of Dhaka as 171st, the third worst, in the liveability index of 173 cities around the world.

Decisive action needed to dismantle the extortion networks.

Dhaka has been developed in an unplanned manner for decades; canals and ponds have been filled up, and concrete has been laid down in water retention areas.

Dhaka’s persistent waterlogging is driven by fragmented management, the lack of an integrated master plan, unchecked urbanisation, and the steady disappearance of wetlands and canals, according to experts.

Discover Dhaka's chaotic charm as human momentum drives this impossible capital city forward. From Gulshan to Dhanmondi, traffic jams and rich rickshaw art shape a relentless metropolis where hope remains the ultimate survival tool.

Govt must enforce BNBC strictly, update DAP

The South Asian Football Federation is considering rescheduling the SAFF Championship to November, with Dhaka remaining the likely host city, according to SAFF general secretary Purushottam Kattel.

It’s been more than a decade since I have moved in Dhaka. Since then, I have spent only a few days away from Dhaka, and it has become such that I feel more comfortable at Dhaka than anywhere else. Which is ironic because there is so much about this city that irks me.

The privilege behind celebrating the city's rare moments of calm.

Beyond the classroom, the commute acts as a silent thief of the social and extracurricular opportunities that define university life.

It was in January 2021 that the two city corporations of Dhaka took over the management and maintenance of 26 canals and 10 kilometres of box culverts from Dhaka Wasa, under whose authority the canals of our capital had become victims of clogging, pollution, and encroachment.

Dhaka is the second-most populous city in the world and is projected to be the world’s most populous city by 2050, according to a 2025 report published by the United Nations on world urbanisation prospects.

Children of 1972–73 came of age alongside Bangladesh itself. In Azimpur’s close‑knit colony, a telephone became a neighbourhood lifeline, television was a shared ritual, and the Buriganga was our afternoon escape.

A rickshaw ride in the evening is one of my favourite ways to unwind. Although pedalling through the crowded residential lanes of Dhaka is anything but relaxing, I love it nonetheless.

Inequality is not hidden; it is right in front of us, every night.

We are alarmed by reports that Savar’s Air Quality Index (AQI) soared to 537 on Sunday, surpassing the “hazardous” threshold of 500 and ranking it among the most polluted places in the world.