Helemul Alam

How many parks does Dhaka city need? According to rules, it should be 92, one for each ward. But we have only 54,

While the government has taken a plan to develop Uttara Lake at the cost of Tk 35 crore, a city corporation contractor has been filling earth in the water body for the last two weeks.

At the main entrance, a plaque reading "Shishu Park" or children's park will puzzle a stranger if she steps into that small strip of land.

Jatrabari Park, which once measured 1.2 acres, has shrunk by two-thirds to less than 0.4 acres, as different organisations including the Dhaka city corporation have occupied the parkland over the years for other purposes.

How many parks does Dhaka city need? According to rules, it should be 92, one for each ward. But we have only 54,

How many parks does Dhaka city need? According to rules, it should be 92, one for each ward. But we have only 54, with several of them having ceased to exist and many threatened. At least 10 parks have been replaced with a community centre, kitchen market, mosque, rickshaw garage or truck parking lot, mostly by the city corporation itself.

It would be hard to bring to mind that the widely known Karwan Bazar kitchen market was a children's park even only eight years ago,

How many parks does Dhaka city need? According to rules, it should be 92, one for each ward. But we have only 54, with several of

Tikatuli Park, which was once an oasis for the people living in Tikatuli of the capital, is just a memory now for residents who had lived there about 15 years back.

Another green patch that has been lost from Dhaka city's landscape was once called Sharafatganj Park. Again it is the city corporation that took over the land and started construction of a five-storey community centre.

For one who has never been there before, or at least a decade ago, it would sound incredulous that once it was a park abuzz with

Dhaka city people are exposed to serious risks of fatal accidents, particularly during storms, as the city authorities have failed to

Roads in terrible condition in Dhaka city is not a new concept, however, the state of Road-17 in Mirpur-10 still shocks pedestrians and

After the water tap ran completely dry at her house three months ago, Saleha Begum visited the nearby Durga temple to collect water

Taniya Akhtar, a class IV student of Jatrabari Girls High School, walks more than one kilometre every day to commute between her home and school.

Nowadays day labourer Mosharraf Hossain does not care if he is paid half of what he usually gets as long as he can earn money.

For the last five years walking, let alone riding a vehicle, has been a nightmare over the around one kilometre road stretching from Setar Towar

The appalling sight of garbage right in front of a hospital in Mirpur 2 is a stark reminder of the sheer negligence, lack of foresightedness and apathy plaguing Dhaka city's waste management system.

The idea of having to literally swim just to get to school might seem like a practice of remote, rugged areas.

Mango traders in Chapainawabganj and Rajshahi use toxic chemicals to ripen the fruit. They also do so to get the produce out on the market sooner and to increase its shelf life.