Suhrawardy swamped with dengue patients
10 August 2026
With 1,156 dengue patients hospitalised as of yesterday, Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital has topped the list of hospitals treating dengue patients this year, followed by Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), Mugda Medical College Hospital and Mitford Hospital.
10 August 2026
Dhaka tops dengue cases, deaths
8 August 2026
Dhaka division has emerged as the country’s dengue hotspot, recording 6,871 cases, including 4,404 infections in Dhaka city alone this year.
8 August 2026
DENGUE OUTBREAK / DENV-3 now dominant strain
4 August 2026
Say experts; hospitals report rising admissions
4 August 2026
Govt moves to revive Dhaka waterways
3 August 2026
The government has announced a series of measures to restore Dhaka’s rivers and waterways, including preventing pollution, improving drainage, maintaining navigability and exploring private-sector operation of water bus services.
3 August 2026
High risk, little readiness
29 July 2026
Despite being an earthquake-prone country, Bangladesh remains poorly prepared for a major seismic event, experts warn.
29 July 2026
Tk 32,554cr plan for Dhaka’s water future
24 July 2026
The government has unveiled a Tk 32,554 crore plan to strengthen Dhaka’s water security by developing five large reservoirs around the capital to reduce dependence on rapidly depleting groundwater.
24 July 2026
Flightpaths strewn with tall buildings
22 July 2026
Year after year the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) has been battling to keep the airspace surrounding Dhaka’s airports clean of buildings that exceed the height limit.
22 July 2026
The fault in our buildings
18 July 2026
A large number of buildings across Bangladesh -- particularly older ones -- were not designed to withstand earthquakes, as they were constructed without fully complying with the Bangladesh National Building Code (BNBC), experts warned.
18 July 2026
Jolt sends out wake-up call
After the earthquake of 6.1 magnitude, which had the epicentre in Myanmar, was felt in Dhaka, Chattogram and some other parts of the country early yesterday, urban planners said the jolt should be taken as a wake up call.
26 November 2021
DSCC, DNCC Vehicles: Proxy drivers, lack of registration common for both
Almost 60 percent garbage collecting vehicles of Dhaka South City Corporation are driven by contractual or proxy drivers, said a DSCC source.
25 November 2021
120 buses under one authority from Dec 1
A total of 120 brand new, green-coloured buses will ply Ghatarchar-Kanchpur route under a single authority on a pilot basis from December 1, as part of the government’s bus route rationalisation initiative.
23 November 2021
Muggers desecrate graveyards by using them as base
It was around 5 o’clock in the morning.
19 November 2021
Why are dengue cases still rising in November?
Under normal circumstances, November’s dry weather was supposed to cause the Aedes mosquito population to decline. But this year, around 150 dengue patients are still being hospitalised daily, illustrating a concerning picture of the vector-borne disease.
15 November 2021
A park plagued by renovation
When Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) inaugurated renovation work for the capital’s Osmani Udyan back in January 2018, it had promised to complete it in 10 months.
12 November 2021
Contractor’s negligence leaves roads unusable
Nasirakanda’s Moharram Ali has to visit the hospital at least twice every month to have his leg checked. It got damaged severely due to a road accident nine months back.
29 October 2021
8 accidents, same spot, same day!
Sixty-five-year-old Kulsum left her home at Postogola yesterday morning to visit her ailing sister living in Shyampur. She, accompanied by her niece Jahanara, took a rickshaw, which got on Postogola-Chashara road, a thoroughfare full of potholes.
19 October 2021
DOWN WITH THE FLU
With the country’s temperature remaining abnormally high over the last two months, the number of patients suffering from different infectious diseases has gone up, with children being the worst sufferers and leaving hospitals struggling with an influx of treatment seekers.
18 October 2021
DNCC to build eco-park at Kalyanpur
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) has taken up an elaborate plan to construct an eco-park using the retention areas at the capital’s Kalyanpur, a large part of which are currently encroached.
13 October 2021
Dengue data dearth impairs health experts
Dengue became endemic in the country in 2000, but the government is yet to put in place an automated system that comes up with the exact number of cases, crucial to get a clear picture of the situation.
6 October 2021
‘Developing’ Dhupkhola field, but for whose benefit?
In a city already devoid of adequate playgrounds, there is a field in Old Dhaka’s Gendaria area that has not only stood the test of time but also remains a testament to the capital’s sporting legacy.
25 September 2021
Dengue Menace: Take steps to stop spread outside Dhaka
Though the spread of dengue outside Dhaka started comparatively late, the growing number of cases shows that the situation may soon take a turn for the worse if necessary measures are not taken immediately to curb further spread, said experts and entomologists.
15 September 2021
Badly cleaned schools can help spread dengue
Experts have expressed fear that the dengue fever may spread further in the country this year if the authorities concerned do not take appropriate measures before reopening educational institutions.
7 September 2021
Surge in Dengue Cases: Dedicated hospitals still not ready
Amid the rise in dengue cases, the government on Monday dedicated six hospitals for treating dengue patients. However, it has been four days, but only two hospitals have started treatment till yesterday.
27 August 2021
Dengue spreading from hospitals too
Nine-month-old Ismail has been undergoing treatment at Dhaka Shishu Hospital for around two months, and around a month and a half ago, underwent surgery for his brain tumour.
24 August 2021
Dengue Menace: 80 children in treatment at Shishu Hospital
Dhaka Shishu Hospital yesterday gave treatment to 80 dengue infected children admitted to the facility, the highest ever at a time.
21 August 2021
No let-up in dengue deaths
Leaving a 40-day-old baby behind, Tabassum Shahirin died of dengue yesterday morning while undergoing treatment at Enam Medical College Hospital.
19 August 2021
World Mosquito Day today: Lax monitoring led to surge in dengue cases
The absence of an effective mechanism to check Aedes mosquitoes, including proper and timely surveillance by the city corporations, is mainly to blame for dengue cases spiralling in the capital and elsewhere in the country, experts say.
19 August 2021
Baby boom at Dhaka zoo
Thanks to the pandemic, the animals in Bangladesh National Zoo in Dhaka have had a blissful year, spared as they were the usual chaos, sound of vuvuzelas and prodding from curious onlookers.
17 August 2021