Helemul Alam

An initiative to widening some of Dhaka's choked up canals and digging a new one has stirred hope of giving much respite from the menace of waterlogging in some parts of the capital.

Even though the road digging work during the rainy seasons apart from intensifying the already impossible traffic jams create misery and hazards for the residents of the capital, Dhaka South City Corporation has started the digging work at Rishikesh Das Road in Old Dhaka.

It takes only 15 minutes for schoolchildren to reach their school from home. Nevertheless, Mohammad Tanvir and

One of Md Aslam's favourite pastimes was to spend time with his father near the bank of Dholai Khal. The father and son duo used to sit together in the afternoon, enjoy fresh air and watch boats gently glide over the canal.

Introduced as a security and traffic control measure, Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport's new exit route has apparently

Although it is almost impossible to fathom, canals have been a significant part of the capital's landscape. Even in the late

A bamboo pole with a torn plastic sheet wrapped around its top has been doing the commuters of Sutrapur's Katherpool in the capital a huge favour for the last one month: it warns people about a deep lidless manhole. Local people helped themselves because the authorities "did not notice" it yet.

Mohammad Nadim has been riding motorbikes ever since he was young. He is an experienced and careful rider and he takes a lot of

The DIT industrial area in the capital's Shyampur is a hub of around 200 big and small factories, but authorities have neglected

During the rush hour, the capital's Dayaganj intersection turns into a huge mess: people walk randomly to cross the

Lutfunnesa is a woman on a mission.

In the family of Sarfaraz, there has been a recent addition in the list of everyday chores: fetching water for household

Md Shawkat Akbar was hurrying to his friend's house at Monipuri Para, 1km away from his. He was running out of time before Juma

Sexagenarian Md Zahid Hossain never started his Ramadan without iftar items from Chawkbazar since 1970s, as he cannot break his fast without the popular dish “Barobaper Polay Khay.”

In the overcrowded Dhaka city, where free space is a blessing, 19 parks and 12 playgrounds will be spruced up to give children a place

Open fields and greeneries are essential for the wellbeing and safety of any urban community and a healthier

Jannatul Ferdous, a house wife from Chingipara, has to carry at least five pitchers of water every day to meet the

After emptying the water bottle, Aminul Islam looked around for a suitable place to discard it. Eventually he found one -- the street -- and dropped the bottle there. He did not have a choice.

With a heat wave sweeping the country for more than two weeks in the absence of rain, sufferings of the residents in several parts of the city have worsened due to an acute crisis of water for the last few weeks.

Alamin Hossain, a resident of Bepari Goli in the capital's Moghbazar, was moving out of the neighbourhood to Malibagh yesterday. His