Bangladesh capital Dhaka has been ranked the second least liveable city in the world while Damascus ranked the worst, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit annual global survey. Civil war and terrorism resulted in cities like Damascus ranking poorly and unavailability of adequate infrastructure is responsible for the low score in Dhaka.

This city can be cruel. I have been kicked and pushed away. I have seen worse being done to my brethren. In spite of all this, this city has become my home.

Last week I went to Sadarghat with my team to work on a documentary on Dhaka's urban story. We arrived at the launch terminal in the wee hours, just when launches arrive from the country's riverine south. The terminal was quite a sight.

In spite of falling off the roof-top of a six-storey building at Dhaka’s Uttara, a female house help fortunately manages to survive.

The body of an eight-year-old boy has been recovered from an under-construction building in Dhaka’s Khilgaon area hours after he went missing, police say.

A man dies and another is injured as a branch of a tree falls on them in Dhaka’s Ramna Park.

Subaru has come a long way from the mid to late-90s. Following the rallying success of the GC8 Impreza to releasing street

Believe it or not, a street restaurant is making pizza using Bangla-styled wood-fired stove in Paribagh of Dhaka.

A mobile court busts six fake mineral water plants in Bosila area of Dhaka’s Mohammadpur and sentenced six staffers to different terms of jail.

A man dies as a tree fell on him in Dhanmondi Lake in Dhaka.

A minivan runs over a teenager in Dhaka’s Arambag as the spate of deaths resulting from lack of discipline in the city’s transport sector continues.

Eight persons are arrested on charges of money counterfeiting and a big stash of fake currency is seized from a house in Dhaka’s South Monirpur area in Mirpur.

The country's century-old botanical treasure trove Baldah Garden with its rare collection of exotic plants now remains uncared and unattended for, facing the onslaught of billboards, high-rise buildings, and pollution.

A nine-year-old schoolgirl dies after falling from the staircase of a five-storey building in Moghbazar area of Dhaka.

Rescue divers of Fire Service and Civil Defence recover the body of a six-year-old boy who went missing after falling into a ditch in Adabar area of Dhaka this evening.

Police recover the “slit-throat” body of a woman in her apartment in Tolarbagh area of Dhaka’s Darussalam.

A fire breaks out at a courier service office in Dhaka’s South Keraniganj area.

A worker dies being crushed under a large machine while unloading from a truck in Dhaka’s Rayerbagh.

A housemaid is admitted to hospital after her employer allegedly poured hot water on her body in Dhaka’s Shyampur area.

A private car of a member of parliament catches fire due to technical glitch near the High Court in Dhaka. No one is hurt in the incident.