Dhaka’s slow but sure decline in the Global Liveability Index -- now ranking 171st out of the 173 cities ranked -- is a cause for national embarrassment and must be a wake-up call for our nation. We ...

GlobalPost's Erik German and Solana Pine look at the coming dystopia that is urbanization. In the five-part, the authors look at Dhaka, Bangladesh, which by 2025 the U.N. predicts will be home to more ...

DHAKA, May 9, 2026 (BSS)- Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Administrator Md Abdus Salam today called for a collective ...

BNP Chairperson Tarique Rahman on Sunday pledged to transform Dhaka into a safe and liveable city if his party comes to power, promising to improve urban safety, expand civic facilities, and address ...

Just a week after the BNP came to power, the government appointed new administrators to Dhaka’s two city corporations ...

Dhaka, May 15 -- Dhaka is facing a mounting water crisis as rapid urbanisation, excessive dependence on groundwater and years of delays in major infrastructure projects continue to strain the ...

Picture this: you're standing in the middle of Shahbagh at 8:30am. The sun is already a vengeful orb, the air tastes like exhaust fumes and unfulfilled promises, and the traffic—oh, the traffic—is a ...

WASHINGTON, March 20, 2020 — The World Bank today approved $170 million to improve sanitation services in Dhaka city benefiting around 1.5 million people. The Dhaka Sanitation Improvement Project will ...

We are what we breathe. Now imagine that breath—something we do without thinking—could be quietly slashing years of our lives. That's no idle fear: air pollution claimed 8.1 million lives in 2021 ...

Various problems in the capital have increased since 5 August 2024 and there was a lack of proper oversight during the ...