Dipan Nandy

Dhaka North City Corporation has blacklisted Marshal Agrovet Chemical Industries Ltd over anomalies in importing BTI pesticide used in anti-mosquito drive.

The company that imported the much-hyped BTI pesticide to destroy Aedes mosquito larvae for the Dhaka North City Corporation does not have the importing licence. Despite this, the company took part in the open tender and came out as the lowest bidder.

With falling leaves, worn-out epitaphs and gravestones, and rustle of breeze whispering tales from four centuries ago -- Dhaka Christian Cemetery, known to city dwellers as Narinda or Wari cemetery, has been the resting place of many known or unsung heroes for decades.

Dhaka South City Corporation has initiated a project to construct Bangabazar Paikari Nagar Biponi Bitan, a 10-storey shopping complex, at the place of Bangabazar complex, which was destroyed by fire.

The Dhaka South City Corporation has taken an ambitious project to rejuvenate the Dholaikhal reservoir, which has long been used as a garbage dump. As per the project, DSCC will transform it into a park.

Taqsem A Khan, the much-discussed managing director of Dhaka Wasa, has been reappointed to the post for the sixth consecutive time.

A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman to nine years and his wife Zubaida Rahman to three years in prison in a graft case filed in 2007.

Matuail turned into a battleground as clashes erupted between BNP activists and ruling party activists along with police in and around the area today

It was around 11 in the morning. Hundreds of BNP leaders and activists started to gather on one side of the road at Dholaikhal in Old Dhaka to stage a sit-in programme.Many were carrying sticks and soon started shouting anti-government slogans

A young boy sits on a footbridge with a worn-out polythene bag clutched tightly in his hands. His eyes reflect a haunting emptiness instead of being filled with curiosity. Soon his vision gets blurred as he starts sniffing the pack.

The Dhaka Orphanage Society (Hindu), located in a narrow  Farashganj road, is facing numerous challenges that have drawn attention to its neglected state.

In the heart of Old Dhaka, there lies a neighbourhood with a captivating history, centuries-old buildings and a thriving spice market. Farashganj is located on the northern bank of the Buriganga river. Established in 1780, its principal thoroughfares are BK Das Road and Ahsanullah Road. In today’s issue of the Weekend Read, we will explore the history, mystery, and spice of Farashganj.

Taqsem A Khan is likely to continue as the Dhaka Wasa managing director for another three-year term as the board of the state-owned agency is going to propose his name for another extension.

The very drums, the locked rooms, the abandoned cars and tins heds that fill the compound create a breeding ground for these disease-carrying insects

On average, at least one mugging incident takes place every two days in the capital, according to the Dhaka Metropolitan Police. The data was compiled based on reported cases during the first three months of the year.

On July 1, the last day of the Eid holidays, the intermittent rain in the morning followed by an hour-long downpour in the afternoon  submerged several neighbourhoods of Dhaka  in knee- to waist-deep water, effectively washing away  tall claims of monsoon preparedness by the city corporations.

With only two days left for Eid-ul-Azha, one of the biggest religious festival of Muslims, blacksmiths and the knife sharpeners all over the capital are experiencing busy times in their shops.

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) has taken an initiative to collect cow dung from the cattle markets ahead of the Eid-ul-Azha for using those in its tree plantation programme

Around 4,000 owners and 15,000 shop workers, that were affected by the devastating fire at the capital’s Bangabazar about a couple of months ago, are still waiting for their financial compensation.

The ever-memorable song starts playing while children, sitting on the metallic horsebacks, delightfully start going round and round -- this is a memory many Dhaka residents can still relate to.