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rising dengue patients in Suhrawardy Hospital 2026

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
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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
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DENGUE OUTBREAK / DENV-3 now dominant strain

4 August 2026
Say experts; hospitals report rising admissions
4 August 2026
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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
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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
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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
Buildings violating height restrictions near Dhaka airport

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
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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
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Not rampant, but it's there

Extortionists intercepted cattle-laden trucks in the city's Hazaribagh and Mohammadpur Beribadh areas and forced traders to take sacrificial animals to particular markets earlier this week.
8 September 2016
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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

I walk half km daily to fetch water

Lutfunnesa is a woman on a mission.
3 July 2016
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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

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
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
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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
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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

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