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Dengue outbreak Bangladesh

Dengue surge feared after Eid

4 June 2026, 00:00 AM
The risk of dengue could rise sharply after the Eid-ul-Azha holidays, as rainfall during the period may have created numerous mosquito breeding grounds, experts warned.
4 June 2026, 00:00 AM
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Cities to fight dengue blind

3 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Although the monsoon season is approaching, the health authorities have yet to take any initiative to conduct the pre-monsoon entomological survey that experts say is crucial for identifying mosquito breeding hotspots and preventing a major dengue outbreak.
3 June 2026, 00:00 AM
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From chaos to compliance

3 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Dhaka drivers are gradually changing their long-ingrained traffic habits as AI-based enforcement and semi-automated traffic signals reshape behaviour at major intersections across the city.
3 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Bangladesh Eid cattle market 2026

Cattle oversupply leaves traders with heavy losses

29 May 2026, 00:00 AM
It was around 1:00pm yesterday. By then, most sacrificial animals across Dhaka had already been sacrificed, but Habibur Rahman was still sitting at the Kachukhet cattle market with his two remaining bulls, hoping to reduce his mounting losses.
29 May 2026, 00:00 AM
cattle price drop in Bangladesh Eid market 2026

Traders count losses as cattle prices tumble

28 May 2026, 00:00 AM
“Trader brothers, do not panic or become frustrated. Please remain patient; customers will come after evening,” an announcer was heard saying repeatedly over loudspeakers around 4:00pm yesterday at Kamalapur cattle market.
28 May 2026, 00:00 AM
Dhaka cattle market sales increase before Eid-ul-Azha

Cattle sales pick up despite rain

27 May 2026, 00:00 AM
With just two days left before Eid-ul-Azha, trading of sacrificial animals gained pace at cattle markets across Dhaka yesterday as buyers rushed to complete their purchases.
27 May 2026, 00:00 AM
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Rain dampens cattle sales at Dhaka markets

26 May 2026, 00:00 AM
The heavy downpours in Dhaka yesterday and on the day before brought relief to cattle traders as the scorching heat had put sacrificial animals at risk of heatstroke ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.
26 May 2026, 00:00 AM
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Heavy rainfall raises early dengue risk

23 May 2026, 00:00 AM
Excessive rainfall across Bangladesh is increasing the risk of an early dengue outbreak this year, prompting entomologists to call for immediate government action to eliminate mosquito breeding sources and strengthen public awareness campaigns.
23 May 2026, 00:00 AM
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Eastern bypass: the same mistake again?

Though the eastern bypass is necessary for the residents of Dhaka city to save its areas from flood but like the western part, its planning is also not done considering the environmental aspect properly.
8 September 2016, 18:00 PM
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Why Wasa's reservoirs dying

Though sufficient areas as water retention pond is necessary for reducing waterlogging and flood management through flood
6 September 2016, 18:00 PM
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Western embankment de-links canals from rivers

Once there was a network of waterways linking rivers and canals across the capital. If anyone wanted to visit Narayanganj or any other
27 August 2016, 18:00 PM
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Bureaucratic tangles encroaching hope

An initiative to widening some of Dhaka's choked up canals and digging a new one has stirred hope of giving much respite from the menace of waterlogging in some parts of the capital.
9 August 2016, 18:00 PM
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Road digging adds to residents' woes

Even though the road digging work during the rainy seasons apart from intensifying the already impossible traffic jams create misery and hazards for the residents of the capital, Dhaka South City Corporation has started the digging work at Rishikesh Das Road in Old Dhaka.
6 August 2016, 18:00 PM
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School kids suffer due to slow progress

It takes only 15 minutes for schoolchildren to reach their school from home. Nevertheless, Mohammad Tanvir and
31 July 2016, 18:00 PM
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Box culverts choking city's lifelines

One of Md Aslam's favourite pastimes was to spend time with his father near the bank of Dholai Khal. The father and son duo used to sit together in the afternoon, enjoy fresh air and watch boats gently glide over the canal.
27 July 2016, 18:00 PM
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New exit route causes public sufferings

Introduced as a security and traffic control measure, Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport's new exit route has apparently
26 July 2016, 18:00 PM
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Dhaka city canals in death throes

Although it is almost impossible to fathom, canals have been a significant part of the capital's landscape. Even in the late
20 July 2016, 18:00 PM
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When a bamboo pole is the saviour

A bamboo pole with a torn plastic sheet wrapped around its top has been doing the commuters of Sutrapur's Katherpool in the capital a huge favour for the last one month: it warns people about a deep lidless manhole. Local people helped themselves because the authorities "did not notice" it yet.
18 July 2016, 18:00 PM
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Riders forced to deal with potholes

Mohammad Nadim has been riding motorbikes ever since he was young. He is an experienced and careful rider and he takes a lot of
15 July 2016, 18:00 PM
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Battered roads impeding business for years

The DIT industrial area in the capital's Shyampur is a hub of around 200 big and small factories, but authorities have neglected
14 July 2016, 18:00 PM
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Dayaganj in need of pedestrian crossing

During the rush hour, the capital's Dayaganj intersection turns into a huge mess: people walk randomly to cross the
12 July 2016, 18:00 PM

I walk half km daily to fetch water

Lutfunnesa is a woman on a mission.
3 July 2016, 18:00 PM
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East Jafrabad new victim of Dhaka water crisis

In the family of Sarfaraz, there has been a recent addition in the list of everyday chores: fetching water for household
29 June 2016, 18:00 PM

Water crisis deepens in Senpara Parbata

Md Shawkat Akbar was hurrying to his friend's house at Monipuri Para, 1km away from his. He was running out of time before Juma
25 June 2016, 18:00 PM
Food adulteration

Rush for Old Dhaka iftar on

Sexagenarian Md Zahid Hossain never started his Ramadan without iftar items from Chawkbazar since 1970s, as he cannot break his fast without the popular dish “Barobaper Polay Khay.”
7 June 2016, 18:00 PM
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DSCC to spruce up 19 parks, 12 playgrounds

In the overcrowded Dhaka city, where free space is a blessing, 19 parks and 12 playgrounds will be spruced up to give children a place
29 May 2016, 18:00 PM
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Another oasis under threat

Open fields and greeneries are essential for the wellbeing and safety of any urban community and a healthier
20 May 2016, 18:00 PM
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People take it on themselves

Jannatul Ferdous, a house wife from Chingipara, has to carry at least five pitchers of water every day to meet the
29 April 2016, 18:00 PM

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