Fear lingers after New Gini attack
1 October 2026
Fear still grips residents of the New Gini Properties housing project in Manikdi near ECB Chattar, even after police arrested seven people over Saturday night’s attack and looting.
1 October 2026
In Brief / ‘Everything has been looted’
29 September 2026
Located just beyond Gate 3 inside the five‑bigha New Gini Properties housing project stands an under‑construction high‑rise -- one of at least 17. This particular structure houses a temporary project office on the ground floor.
29 September 2026
Attacks, vandalism, looting: A dark streak in Dhaka / Late night rampage at ECB Chattar
28 September 2026
It was around 10:30pm on Saturday night. The New Gini Properties compound at ECB Chattar had gone quiet after a day’s work, with construction workers resting inside.
28 September 2026
Attacks, vandalism, looting: A dark streak in Dhaka / Cops stood by as Radda centre was looted
28 September 2026
Police were at the scene as attackers looted the Radda MCH-FP Centre in Mirpur-1 and loaded the valuables onto a pickup, but took no effective action before the vehicle left, according to preliminary findings of a police investigation into the attack.
28 September 2026
When resilience beats violence
27 September 2026
Kohinoor Begum, a vaccinator at the Radda MCH-FP Centre in Mirpur-1, was steadfast in carrying out her duties. She continued administering measles vaccines to children yesterday, about 36 hours after the centre was all but destroyed.
27 September 2026
Trafficked, tortured and broke
25 September 2026
Ashraf Ali, 22, a student of Brindavan Government College in Habiganj, had left for Cambodia pursuing work to turn the wheel of his family’s fortune.
25 September 2026
73 Bangladeshis face ACC scrutiny over Dubai assets
4 September 2026
The Anti-Corruption Commission is set to seek information from the UAE government about properties allegedly acquired in Dubai through money laundering by 73 Bangladeshis, including former land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury, former Premier Bank chairman HBM Iqbal and former Padma Bank chairman Chowdhury Nafis Sarafat.
4 September 2026
Community centres that barely serve communities
1 September 2026
In 2006, the then undivided Dhaka City Corporation established a community centre in Segunbagicha, one of the capital’s most densely populated neighbourhoods.
1 September 2026
Mixed tidings for idol artisans
In Old Dhaka’s Northbrook Hall Road, right next to Bangla Bazar, stands Zamindar House.
19 September 2022
City Corporation Community Centres: Not for the community!
More than half of the capital’s residents belong to middle or lower-middle-income backgrounds. For hosting social events like weddings and birthdays, they have to rely on the city corporation’s community centres.
18 September 2022
Mangal Abash: Nothing ‘mangal’ about it
The name of the house is “Mangal Abash” (home of good omens). However, for the 150 students living there at present, there's nothing auspicious about it.
16 September 2022
Dhaka under one roof
What will you do if you want to research the history and traditions of Dhaka -- the ever growing capital of Bangladesh.
16 September 2022
DNCC to set up fire hydrants in slums
If you live in Dhaka, you know how frighteningly frequent fires in slums are. In this year alone, fires have engulfed several large slums in the city, notably in Kalyanpur, Madhubagh and Dakshinkhan -- causing damage to lives and property.
11 September 2022
2 knocked down, 8 of no use
Two U-loops were constructed a year and a half ago in Uttara area on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway by Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) to ease traffic congestion.
27 August 2022
Where the national poet breathed his last
One’s interest may pique after seeing that Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University’s (BSMMU) B-Block doesn’t have a single patient or attendant walking the halls.
26 August 2022
Rajuk’s grand plan to ease commute
The waterbodies of Gulshan, Banani, Baridhara and Hatirjheel are set for a transformation.
26 August 2022
When will Old Dhaka be rid of fires?
Three years ago, after the tragic fire incident at Churihatta in Old Dhaka’s Chawkbazar, the industries ministry started building a cluster of chemical warehouses at the site of Ujala Match Factory in Shyampur, with an aim to relocate the warehouses in Old Dhaka.
19 August 2022
Illegal trafficking, legal means
They had valid visas, training and work permits.
17 August 2022
No room for heritage
It seems like Dhaka is on its way to remove all traces of its glorious past as another heritage building is on the brink of destruction, ready to be lost like many other historical structures of the city.
8 August 2022
Fuel price hike: Transport crisis in Dhaka
Commuters have been facing transport crisis today (August 6, 2022) as presence of buses was low on Dhaka streets following the sudden increase in the price of all kinds of fuel oil.
6 August 2022
Where have all the frogs gone?
The two city corporations of Dhaka have tried many strategies in their war against the city’s mosquitoes to prevent dengue from spreading. From flying drones to detect stagnant water sources to releasing frogs in ponds to destroy mosquitoes and their larvae, they explored so many avenues.
31 July 2022
What’s 47 years between friends?
So they thought when they took a group photo commemorating the end of their school life.
27 July 2022
Culture of impunity encourages attacks
Members of minority communities are coming under attacks frequently. About 20,000 criminal cases have been filed in connection with these attacks in the last two decades.
22 July 2022
Waste bins, wasted money
In just six years, waste bins placed on the roadsides under two city corporations of Dhaka have either gone missing or been damaged, effectively wasting some Tk 10 crore invested on them.
19 July 2022
The ungovernable garbage trucks
On November 24, 2021, Naeem Hasnat, a student of Notre Dame College, was run over by a Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) garbage truck in Gulistan. It was later known that the truck was being driven by a cleaner in the driver’s absence.
16 July 2022
Meat made affordable
On the day of Eid-ul-Azha, there were small gatherings on the corners of Dhaka’s empty streets. People from lower-income backgrounds were seen sitting on the roads, selling meat collected from households that performed the sacrifice.
12 July 2022
Online cattle sales on decline
As the fear Covid-19 is not as much when compared to the situation last year, online sales of sacrificial animals this Eid has declined. People have been showing more interest in on-the-spot purchases so far this year.
8 July 2022
Almost no designated areas for sacrifice
To keep the capital clean during the sacrificial rituals of Eid-ul-Azha, the two city corporations fixed 535 designated spots to sacrifice animals during Eid in 2015.
7 July 2022