Dhaka city

Cleaners of Dhaka South dump garbage on a busy street at Fulbaria in the capital. The photo was taken on Saturday. Photo: Rajib Dhar
Bangladesh

Cleaning the city in an unclean way

Passengers left the public transport and headed towards their destinations on foot as their transports stuck in congestion for hours due to the programs of the two major political parties of the country. The photo was taken on Mayor Mohammed Hanif Flyover in the capital’s Kaptan Bazar area on Wednesday. Photo: Rajib Dhar
Bangladesh

Political demos hold up city traffic

Can Dhaka get more modern public toilets?
Bangladesh

Can Dhaka get more modern public toilets?

Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Sitrang brings rain to Dhaka, other parts of country

The scarcity of land in Dhaka is set to increase due to the new Detailed Area Plan. Photo: TBS
Panorama

Without amendments, DAP will make land and apartment prices volatile

File photo of Dhaka. Picture: TBS
Infrastructure

DAP implementation not possible with bureaucratic Rajuk: IPD

Infographic: TBS
Economy

Dhaka ranks as costliest city again in South Asia for expatriates: Survey

A Dhaka Nagar Paribahan double-decker bus is stuck in a traffic jam in the capital. The service was launched on some routes to restore order in the public transport service in the capital but it is yet to solve the problems due to various reasons. Photo: Rajib Dhar
Transport

Illegal buses, gridlocks hurting Nagar Paribahan

A top view of the Ring Road, occupied by illegal parking and a dumping place of Adabor Police Station in Shyamoli. The photo was taken on Thursday. Photo: Mumit M
Bangladesh

Nuisance parking, seized vehicles block most of Mohammadpur Ring Road

Dhaka city authorities have resumed providing licences for non-motorised rickshaws, which remained suspended since 1986. The resumption has drawn criticism from urban experts who have called it legalising transport chaos only for revenue. The photo was taken from the capital’s New Market area recently. Photo: Salahuddin Ahmed
Transport

Rickshaw licensing: Legalising traffic chaos for cash?

Illustration: Sharier
Satire

Here cometh the birdmen

A long queue of garbage collection vans is parked on the road in front of the secondary waste transfer station in the capital’s Kalabagan, creating a nightmare every evening for pedestrians. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Long queue of garbage vans causes misery for Kalabagan pedestrians

A bird’s eye view of the Hatirjheel Lake in Dhaka. The Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha implemented a cleaning project in the lake and at presnt an odour-free Hatirjheel welcomes more visitors. Photo: Mumit M
Bangladesh

An odour-free Hatirjheel welcomes more visitors