A week-long film festival began at Modhumita Cinema Hall in the capital on Saturday (August 22), as part of the Dhaka South City Corporation’s (DSCC) month-long “Hridoye Dhaka 416” celebrations marking 416 years of Dhaka.

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) has organised a month-long festival titled “Hridoye Dhaka 416” to celebrate 416 years of the capital under the theme “Utshobe, Gorbe, Dayitte”. As part of the celebrations, a week-long film festival is set to begin at Modhumita Cinema Hall in the capital.

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

Authorities must make sure they are safe, clean and usable

DSCC Mayor Fazle Noor Taposh talks about the current state of playground and parks, tree felling for development, and the importance of public opinion in designing projects.

Life for those who are planning to get married in the southern side of Dhaka city is about to get a little more difficult than it usually is.

Around 200 people, protesting Dhaka South City Corporation's move to cut down trees on the capital's Saat Masjid Road, gathered in Bangabazar intersection after police stopped them from marching to Nagar Bhaban around noon today

City life comes with rapid change. But for the residents of Dhanmondi what didn’t change for long were the trees and plants on the median of Saat Masjid Road. Bursting with blossoms in spring and summer, the krishnachuras and the radhachuras, among other trees, became a part of their lives.

The mayor claimed that no one is facing harassment now in the Nagar Bhaban and regional offices of the city corporation

Dhaka South City Corporation is cutting trees in the name of infrastructure development and beautification works at Saat Masjid Road in Dhanmondi, amid the existing scarcity of greenery in the capital.

The Bus Route Rationalization Committee (BRCC) has decided to introduce 200 more buses on three new routes in Dhaka from September 1.

A woman died after a garbage truck of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) hit her at Mugda in Dhaka last night.

Ward 53 of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) covers most parts of East Jurain’s Muradpur area. According to the 2011 census, more than 27,000 people live in this ward which, according to them, has become probably the worst place to live in Dhaka.

Although Sutrapur Modern Gymnasium, located near the capital’s Katherpool intersection, has the word “modern” in its name, visitors will have a hard time finding anything modern about it.

Awami League leader Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh and incumbent Dhaka North City Corporation Mayor M Atiqul Islam today submitted their nomination papers separately to contest the January 30 mayoral polls in Dhaka South and North City Corporations.

A new insecticide to kill mosquitos is expected to arrive in the country in a few days and, after necessary lab tests, it will be imported within the next couple of weeks, lawyers of the two Dhaka city corporations told the High Court yesterday.

The two landfills in the capital have almost reached their limit with no immediate remedy in sight. Mountains of garbage are being formed in the landfills at Matuail and Aminbazar and there are fears that the waste will spill over into adjacent areas.

Voting in the two Dhaka city elections concludes amid low voter turnout in centres.

After a few months of relative relief, a large part of Dhaka South City Corporation is again at risk of suffering a dengue outbreak, a survey found. Out of the 2,599 buildings and construction sites they visited to conduct the survey, officials found Aedes larvae in 938, thus raising the concern.

A large part of Dhaka South City Corporation is at risk of a dengue outbreak as the carrier of the virus, Aedes mosquito, is present at over one-third of the houses and other structures in that zone, a survey has found.