Matuail

The new town has been developed without a functional drainage system, resulting in prolonged waterlogging on the roads, even though there is no rainfall. But downpours make the situation much worse. Photo: Saqlain Rizve
Panorama

Matuail: A new town without a sewerage system

Located inside an irrigation project designed to improve surface runoff retention, as well as protect the floodplain of the three rivers, this part of the city grew against the designated purpose....

Atasi Bhattacharjee. Illustration: TBS
Thoughts

Dhaka residents: Are we frogs that are being slowly boiled?

Photo of excavators piling up waste materials in Matuail landfill. Photo: Collected
Climate Change

Matuail landfill’s per hour methane emission equivalent of running nearly 2 lakh cars, says study