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
Gandaria: Grand area no more!
This is how the saying goes -- back in the days, a British traveler arrived in the area and was so blown away by all he saw, he exclaimed, “What a grand area!”
4 February 2022
To TSC in search of tea
Those who are regular listeners of contemporary Bangla music are familiar with a song that talks about roaming around the streets of the city in search of a cup of tea that comes in cheap.
4 February 2022
Ekushey book fair set to start from Feb 15
Bangla Academy has decided to hold this year’s Amar Ekushey Boi Mela from February 15, with the condition that all concerned with the fair will have to possess Covid-19 vaccine certificates.
31 January 2022
You got to taste it to believe it
Even though the way to Buddu’s Puri was shown by a flower seller sitting in front of Sutrapur’s Govinda Mandir, it was difficult to locate the vaunted puri shop inside the labyrinthine Hemanta Das Lane.
28 January 2022
History turning into rubble
Old Dhaka’s Paridas Road is starting to turn grey, not in the sense that it’s getting older by the day, but due to concrete slabs being erected all around.
28 January 2022
If you find a doctor, consider yourself lucky
The block lettered sign on the ochre yellow building reads “Nazirabazar Matri Sadan”. Right beside it, a large banner reads -- “24-hour normal delivery service for expecting mothers”.
25 January 2022
A 100-bed facility only on paper
Even when it’s afternoon, one can barely see anything inside. Many beds are worn-down, while others don’t have any covers.
24 January 2022
Mahanagar Hospital: Surgery dept closed for 6yrs, ICU inactive, 50% doctor posts vacant
The Dhaka Mahanagar General Hospital is located at Naya Bazar, near the Babubazar Bridge. Its outdoor department is always crowded with patients, many of whom go there for Covid vaccines these days.
23 January 2022
A haat, in Dhaka?
The word “haat” brings with it images of some rural setting. Banks of a river, a banyan tree, rows of traders selling their haul under it, that’s what a haat is, right?
21 January 2022
To the sky and beyond
If you looked at Old Dhaka’s sky yesterday, your eyes would surely get blinded by the sheer amount of colours, with thousands of kites flying in motion. Kites were flown from every rooftop of the area. The sky might be the limit for these kites, but the joy was beyond any such limits.
14 January 2022
Dhaka gears up for Shakrain
Shakrain -- a festival most awaited in the neighbourhoods of the old town. Only a week is left, but the excitement is in the air of the “Puran Dhaka” alleys.
7 January 2022
It’s a floral affair
The grass is graced by dew at dawn. Leaves are falling from the tree. Calendars are no longer holding up. A change of guard is right around the corner. So is the New Year, 2022.
31 December 2021
Gurudwara Nanakshahi: Inclusion, the path to harmony
By 12:00pm yesterday, a crowd had slowly gathered at Gurudwara Nanakshahi’s doors. Far from being confined to adherents of Sikhism, the premises welcomed people from all religions, Hindus, Muslims, Buddhists, and Christians, in line with the Guru Nanakshahi’s message -- the door is open for all.
24 December 2021
Ekushey Boi Mela set to start on Feb 1, 2022
The month long Amar Ekushey Boi Mela is set to begin in time from the first day of February next year. The book fair will also mark the golden jubilee of the nation’s independence and the birth centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
21 December 2021
Now that’s a harmonium!
Shakhari Bazar’s Jatin and Co wasn’t always where it is today. We’re talking about 111 years ago, from its early days at Old Dhaka’s Ampotti and Patuatuli. It’s only recently that the legendary music instrument shop came to its current home.
18 December 2021
A piece of furniture, a piece of history
At first glance, it doesn’t look much different from any other table. In fact, you or someone you know may own one bearing the very same design.
15 December 2021
Suhrawardy Udyan’s Museum of Independence: Bearing this land’s history
Every inch of Suhrawardy Udyan bears the history of Bangladesh’s ascension. From Bangabandhu’s reception after he was freed from jail to the Pakistan Army’s surrender there on December 16, the park is inseparable from the country’s origin story.
14 December 2021
Tales of journeys bygone
There’s this historical relationship between train travel and literature. For a journey that requires long hours of sitting still, travellers had always found companions in books. Until, of course, smartphones and the internet arrived.
30 November 2021
Cultural centre with a defeated purpose
If you visit Old Dhaka’s Loharpool area, you’ll come across a structure that’s quite hard to miss. Its sign reads in bold -- “Zahir Raihan Cultural Center”. In the quest to accommodate the cultural practices of the citizens of Old Dhaka, the centre was established in 2008.
26 November 2021
Recognition ever-elusive for martyred Harijans
Today is November 22. On this day in 1971, 10 members of the Harijan community were picked up and killed by the Pakistan forces.
21 November 2021