City Corporation

12 city corporation, 323 municipality councillors removed
Bangladesh

12 city corporation, 323 municipality councillors removed

The 12 city corporations are Dhaka South, Dhaka North, Chattogram, Khulna, Rajshahi, Sylhet, Barishal, Narayanganj, Cumilla, Rangpur, Gazipur and Mymensingh

City corporations return to full operations
Bangladesh

City corporations return to full operations

The apartment building that was built with a promise to relocate the slum dwellers is currently being used as the head office of the Chattogram City Corporation. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

12 city mayors removed

Illustration: TBS
Bangladesh

2 mayors missing, leaving Dhaka in growing mosquito threats

Office building of the Dhaka North City Corporation in Dhaka. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Chief executives to run city corporations as mayors remain absent from office

Dhaka has long grappled with air pollution issues. Its air quality usually turns unhealthy in the winter and improves during the monsoon. File Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

How Dhaka’s two cities operate without mayors and councillors?

Sketch: TBS
Thoughts

Unified governance is crucial for Dhaka’s survival

Empowering a city through architecture: The Nagar Bhaban of Narayanganj City Corporation
Habitat

Empowering a city through architecture: The Nagar Bhaban of Narayanganj City Corporation

Pedestrians gingerly navigate a giant hole on Kazi Alauddin Road at Old Dhaka as sewage line repairing continues at a snail’s pace. Repeated, unplanned, and sometimes unnecessary digging of alleys for different underground work make city dwellers wish for better service. Photo: Rajib Dhar
Bangladesh

Dhaka alleys in disrepair: Dwellers suffer, city corps cite fund crunch

Dhaka mayors not doing anything effective to control dengue: BNP
Politics

Dhaka mayors not doing anything effective to control dengue: BNP

According to DNCC, there are 1,804 shops under their jurisdiction, including the wholesale vegetable markets in the Karwan Bazar area. It wants to relocate all of them. Photo: Noor-A-Alam
Panorama

Why is it taking so long to relocate Karwan Bazar?

Photo: TBS
Politics

Khulna City polls: Nomination of 4 out of 7 mayoral candidates cancelled

Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Makeshift shops being set up in Bangabazar for businessmen affected by fire