A long-cherished ambition of establishing a multi-sports complex in the country took a significant step forward on Sunday as Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA) president and Army Chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman laid the foundation stone of the Bangladesh Olympic Complex in Trishal, Mymensingh.

Despite resistance from environmentalists, human rights bodies, eminent citizens, local people and children, construction work of Kalabagan police station is going on at Tetultala playground.

Iqbal Habib, Member Secretary, Urbanisation & Governance Programme, Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (Bapa), talks to Naznin Tithi of The Daily Star about why lack of coordination among the agencies concerned is the main barrier to solving Dhaka's waterlogging problem and how this issue should be addressed.