Police yet to determine whether killing stemmed from mugging or previous enmity

The long march began from Shapla Chattar in Dhaka at around 8:30am today, after an inaugural rally at 7:00am. 

Jeanette Van Tassel was a 24 year old American aeronaut whose balloon ascent over Dhaka's Buriganga River in 1892 was meant to dazzle a city. Instead, it ended in her death after a rescue attempt went tragically wrong, leaving her buried in an unmarked grave in Old Dhaka. More than a century later, a researcher's chance discovery brought her remarkable story back to light.

Cycling infrastructure is practically non-existent in Dhaka.

Beyond 1947 is a personal essay by Sunita Chowdhurie about the two grandmothers who shaped her, women who never called it Independence, only Partition. Through memory, food, and quiet endurance, it traces what was lost and rebuilt when a border cut through Bengal.

The incident that happened earlier this year, when news of the death of a mother who was found several days after she passed away and none of her children took any notice of this matter, made us quietly realise how the busy life of Dhaka is making us lonely.

Cultural programmes, heritage events, sports, exhibitions and civic initiatives planned from August 1 to September 5

Govt must learn from past failures, make waterways a reliable transport option

Police search for remaining body parts; CCTV footage being examined

Strategic transport master plan envisions integrated network across greater Dhaka

Hosts Bangladesh have been drawn in Group A alongside Sri Lanka and Bhutan for the 2026 SAFF Championship, while regional powerhouse India headline Group B with the Maldives and Pakistan.

The losses rise sharply on days when temperatures exceed 37°C

Dhaka never ceases to amaze me with its spectrum of social life.

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.