Dipan Nandy

Walking past the Jagannath University and Dhaka Collegiate School, amid heavy noise of construction work at Dhaka Sadar Post Office, these correspondents heard a voice that cut through the cacophony in narrow lanes of Old Dhaka.

Forty years ago, Dhaka City Corporation bought the Gulshan Shopping Complex Market from Rajuk for Tk 6.45 crore. The market now falls under the jurisdiction of Dhaka North City Corporation.

While strolling through the Motijheel area in the capital, one might notice a swampy waterbody behind Bangladesh Bank. What was once a pristine lake is now just a garbage dumping site for some, while others have set up various establishments encroaching almost all of the waterbody.

To ensure better waste management in the capital, Dhaka South City Corporation has initiated a project to collect medical waste separately.

Despite amassing the required one percent voter signatures to contest the national polls as an independent candidate, around 36 percent of independents couldn’t even secure one percent vote in the January 7 election.

A total of 1,441 candidates out of 1,969 who contested the January 7 polls lost their security deposits for failing to secure the minimum required votes.

Despite the national election being over, thousands of posters and banners of candidates are still hanging across the country, causing potential hazards to the environment.

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Dhaka South City Corporation is facing a tough challenge in keeping hawkers away from the red zone areas that have been designated as hawker-free.

Defying the ban on using plastic for election campaigns, candidates have put up a huge number of laminated and polythene-coated posters in different areas across the capital ahead of the national polls.

Time seems to have stood still for nearly six years in Dhaka’s Motijheel as the iconic Rajuk Tower clock, once a special attraction of the capital’s commercial hub, remains inoperative due to mechanical woes. Even the two hands of the clock have disappeared.

Once upon a time, Rose Garden, a grand architectural marvel located in Old Dhaka, used to be a centre for socialisation among the elites.

The allocation of symbols for the upcoming national polls started yesterday, with eagle being the most preferred one for independent candidates.

There was a time when a journey on a paddle steamer used to be a sought-after experience by locals and tourists in the country.

Water prices at Dhaka Wasa’s water ATM booths have doubled recently, much to the dismay of residents.

Dengue cases in Dhaka this year crossed one lakh on November 3, ticking off another grim landmark.

Twenty-year-old Nayem was the eldest of four siblings. He became a transport worker when he was 16 to support his parents run the family.

The oldest of four siblings, Nayem began working as a bus helper when he was just 16 years old

“Night Party” -- this is the name of a newly-formed  Dhaka Metropolitan Police team to ensure round the clock police presence on the capital’s streets, mostly after midnight.

Dengue cases outside Dhaka are continuing to rise than those in the capital, as the country grapples with a record outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease.