Karwan Bazar

Whether it be because of dust kicked up by the metro rail’s construction works or smoke produced by unfit vehicles, Karwan Bazar's highly polluted air is a health hazard to all that pass through the area. PHOTOS: RAJIB DHAR
Panorama

What Karwan Bazar-Farmgate's 'labour pain' tells us about Dhaka's pollution

A walk through one of Dhaka’s pollution hotspots reveals the sufferings and helplessness of residents

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?

Traders defy Dhaka North’s attempt to seal shops in risky Karwan Bazar market
Bangladesh

Traders defy Dhaka North’s attempt to seal shops in risky Karwan Bazar market

There are around a thousand active van pullers in Karwan Bazar. For each delivery, the vanwalas earn Tk150 to Tk200. Photo: Mumit M
Panorama

An organised mess: The racing vanwalas of Karwan Bazar

Photo:Jahir Rayhan/TBS
Bangladesh

Karwan Bazar porters’ income drops as fewer shoppers need them

A cow grazes on a field adjacent to Karwan Bazar Kitchen Market. The field, part of an underdeveloped park, has been occupied by construction materials, furniture waste, abandoned vehicles, and kitchen market garbage. The photo was taken recently. Photo: Sakahuddin Ahmed
Bangladesh

Almost developed Karwan Bazar park now a dumping yard

Flipside of life cycle
Videos

Flipside of life cycle

Brac Bank opens new branch at Karwan Bazar
Corporates

Brac Bank opens new branch at Karwan Bazar

File Photo: Collected
Migration

Tension of re-entry visa renewal grips Saudi returnees, demo continues

File Photo: Collected
Migration

Saudi expats still struggling for tickets

Photo: Rezwan Badhon/Traffic Alert Group
Bangladesh

Desperate expats continue demo for tickets

A buyer, wearing PPE, mask and gloves purchasing vegetables from a stall at Karwanbazar vegetable market. He is one of the few who are still coming to the market to buy vegetables and kitchen essentials. Photo: Mumit M/TBS
Features

A chaos gone silent

File Photo: TBS
Markets

Karwan Bazar’s trading time rescheduled