waterlogging

Dhaka rain, sufferings in frames

The rain inundates several areas of Dhaka city including Motijheel, Purana Paltan, Fakirapul, Arambagh and Rajarbagh areas causing sufferings for commuters.
5 July 2017, 06:41 AM

Waterlogged Dhaka streets

Waterlogging in Dhaka has become a common problem during monsoon. Rainwater is carried through natural canals and large concrete pipes to flood plains and rivers, but as most of the canals have been grabbed by the encroachers or clogged with solid wastes, the city streets are submerged even after a little rain.
20 June 2017, 18:00 PM

Heavy rains throw city life out of gear

Yesterday, it was the same old story of inexpressible misery that the city dwellers endure when city traffic system collapses after rain.
19 June 2017, 18:00 PM

Bring Wasa, Rajuk under DCCs

Mayor Annisul Huq wants Rajuk and Wasa under the jurisdiction of the city corporations to get rid of the city's waterlogging problem.
20 January 2016, 18:00 PM

Waterlogging can be solved

The picture published in yesterday's paper portrays a menace we are all too familiar with: canals blocked by garbage. The inevitable waterlogging...
24 November 2015, 18:00 PM

The woeful plight of Dhaka

First day of the month of September will be remembered by Dhaka residents for a long time. Incessant rainfall paralysed all major and minor roads in the city for hours on end.
2 September 2015, 18:00 PM

Waterlogging disrupts Ctg city life (video)

Lives of Chittagong city dwellers are highly disrupted due to waterlogging in most areas of the city caused due to three days of heavy rainfall.
26 July 2015, 13:04 PM

7 ways to drive safely in a flood without dying

Normally people drive through water and they don't die. So what happens when our city roads get submerged? Our cars can die. Here's how yours can survive.
30 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Dhaka deluged

No wonder Dhaka is one of the most unlivable cities in the world. Many would like to think that except the change in spelling of the name of the Capital, very little change has come about by way of adding to the comfort of the people living in the city.
28 June 2015, 18:00 PM

End waterlogging permanently

During the rainy season, the city dwellers of Chittagong have to suffer a lot because of waterlogging.
23 June 2015, 18:00 PM

A city drowned by faulty planning

On the morning of June 12, after just 63mm of rain, the vast areas in the city stretching from Mirpur to Gulistan to Motijheel to Hatkhola to Shantinogor to Rampura, on one side, and from Lalbagh to Karwan Bazaar to Farmgate and Tejgaon, on the other side, went under knee–deep water.
21 June 2015, 18:00 PM