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
Osmani Udyan: A saga of neverending renovation
When Dhaka South City Corporation inaugurated the renovation work of Osmani Udyan in January 2018 with a promise to complete it by 10 months, it was hailed by residents.
8 February 2021
LNG supply dearth worsens gas crisis
Dhaka city dwellers are suffering due to shortage of pipeline gas for two months and the authorities’ promises to solve the problem so far appear empty.
4 February 2021
Project Delay, Cost Hike: Take legal action against culprits
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday expressed displeasure over frequent revisions of projects and directed the authorities to take legal action against those responsible for flawed project designs that ultimately push up costs.
3 February 2021
Blue Network: DNCC scheme offers hope for canals in Dhaka north
Dhaka North City Corporation has taken an initiative to create an integrated “blue network”, connecting and reviving all the canals in 18 newly added wards to resolve the city’s perennial waterlogging.
11 January 2021
Illegal Modhumoti Model Town: Still active in disguise
The Modhumoti Model Town developers continue operations while the government authorities turn a blind eye -- both failing to comply with the highest court’s verdict on retaining the flood flow zone in Savar where the housing project was built illegally.
9 January 2021
DSCC takes on years of ‘organised’ malpractice
Around 4,200 shops in 18 markets of Dhaka South City Corporation have been running illegally for years, depriving DSCC a good amount of revenue.
2 January 2021
DNCC to build multi-storey truck terminal in Tejgaon
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Md Atiqul Islam yesterday announced the plan of constructing a multi-purpose truck terminal at Tejgaon to accommodate all trucks at the area and keep roads truck-free.
30 December 2020
Keep the nat’l icon intact
The plan to dismantle the iconic parabolic umbrella roof and plaza of Kamalapur Railway Station to make way for a multimodal hub and an extended metro rail line has stirred up an outcry among experts who say it will be like destroying part of the history of Dhaka.
25 December 2020
Illegal Shops in Fulbaria: Hundreds torn down
Dhaka South City Corporation yesterday demolished several hundred illegal shops at Fulbaria Supermarket-2 in Gulistan, which was built violating the main design of the supermarket.
8 December 2020
(Not) running in circles
The government is yet to resume circular bus services on two routes in Dhaka, citing that they are not financially viable.
6 December 2020
Drainage System in the Capital: City corporations to take control
The government has decided in principle to hand over the drainage system of Dhaka city from Wasa to the two city corporations to solve the city’s longstanding waterlogging problem.
26 November 2020
Illegal parking: Dhaka's Satrasta back to its old self
With trees and shrubs on the median strip thinning out and truckers parking vehicles on both sides of the road, Tejgaon-Satrasta is once again returning to its old self -- a troublesome thoroughfare for traffic.
25 November 2020
Another piece of history demolished
Violating a High Court order, a 200-year-old building on Armenian Street in Dhaka’s Armanitola has been demolished by its present owners to make way for shops.
17 November 2020
Govt to set up 6 rice mills with drying, storage units
The government has taken up an initiative to set up six composite rice mills along with drying and storage facilities under public-private partnership (PPP) in the country’s southern region.
12 November 2020
Waste to Electricity: China to build power plant for DNCC area
A Chinese company will set up the country’s first large-scale waste-to-energy plant for Dhaka North City Corporation areas.
12 November 2020
Off-season spike in dengue cases
Dengue fever appears to be reemerging in the country as the number of people infected with the mosquito-borne disease rose sharply this month.
11 November 2020
DMCH launches facility to manage mass casualties
Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) has set up a mass casualty management centre to handle influx of patients due to disastrous incidents like Rana Plaza or Nimtoli tragedies.
1 November 2020
Sell it cheap or face torture
When a portion of his shop in Old Dhaka’s Chawkbazar was demolished by the men of lawmaker Haji Salim in April 2019, Aftab Ahmed did whatever he could to save the rest of his shop in a century-old building.
28 October 2020
When will it be ready?
On July 29, 2018, a bus rammed into Dia Khanam Mim and Abdul Karim Rajib, both students of Shaheed Ramiz Uddin Cantonment College, killing them and injuring 12 others while they were standing on the pavement at a bus stop on Airport Road in the capital.
22 October 2020
City Drainage Handover: Key meeting postponed as mayor, officials fall sick
A spate of illnesses among officials of the two city corporations, including the Dhaka North mayor, caused the LGRD ministry yesterday to postpone a meeting that would have paved the way to handing control of the city’s drainage management from Dhaka Wasa to the city corporations.
11 October 2020