SMA Ronie

Mass graves and killing fields of Liberation War in Dhaka are hard to find now as they are almost lost owing to lack of efforts to preserve these sites where many martyrs were buried or thrown in the marshes, canals and rivers after being killed, or were burnt alive.

Back in May, we came across seven steel violins installed on the walls at an art exhibition at the Bengal Art Lounge in Gulshan. These violins would automatically start playing when visitors came close to them.

Back in May, we came across seven steel violins installed on the walls at an art exhibition at the Bengal Art Lounge in Gulshan. These violins would automatically start playing themselves when visitors came close to them.

Does a policeman enjoy enough power to control traffic system in Dhaka?

In the border district of Sunamganj, 70 babies in every 1,000 used to die at birth just three years ago. The rate was very high compared to the national average child mortality rate of about 43.

If you are told: Name a city where you can drive or walk as you like, the first answer would be Dhaka! Because people find their own ways to go around the city. Traffic signals change colors—from green to red to green again--but the drivers need not pay any attention to them. But even worst menaces are motorcycles zooming by on the footpaths or people darting through the speeding cars to cross the roads among the already chaotic traffic.

Eid-ul-Azha is on us and people are leaving Dhaka to spend the holiday with friends and families.The journey home is a joyous occasion where everyone hopes to reach their destination without any glitches, however owing to the road condition a journey becomes a roller coaster ride-not of the pleasant kind but the one that churns your insides and makes you sick.

Second hand shoe markets in Dhaka can provide customers with limited budget an opportunity to buy anything from the foreign Nike to local Apex brands between Tk 500 and Tk 3000—provided they don’t mind wearing second hand stuff.

With utter disregard for law and norms, Dhaka University and Jagannath University buses ply on the wrong side of city streets regularly, apparently to avoid traffic.

Even a decade ago the music shops were swarming with melody lovers, what has now turned a worn down business struggling to cope with the modern world.

Nilkhet Book Market, consisting of nearly 400 book stalls, is a trustworthy friend for the bookworms, searching for any kinds of book.

In monsoon, the Kaikkertek in Sonargaon of Narayanganj plays host to a market of small boats at the banks of Brahmaputra that one can get in as low amount as Tk 3,000.

Surrounded by colours, drenches in sweat and a buzz all around – part and parcel of what a traditional haat in the villages still look like.

Ask any residential student of Dhaka University about their most common companion and see what answer you get. "Bedbugs," he will

Authorities of Dhaka University’s Muktijoddha Ziaur Rahman Hall begin a drive against the most common menace, bedbugs.

Like every other occasion, the Teacher-Student Centre of Dhaka University wears a festive look in an atmosphere of harmony through arranging iftar with their friends during Ramadan.

Authorities of Dhammarajika Buddhist Monastery in capital’s Sabujbagh set examples of religious harmony through distributing Iftari among the poor fasting Muslims in Ramadan.

Dhaka city will be cleaned within next year through proper waste management systems, the two newly elected mayors of Dhaka city corporations say.

It is hard to believe that a group of writers are in mortal danger in the country now just for expressing their opinions. But that’s the truth.

Mir Jumla Gate, popularly known as Dhaka Gate, remains uncared for as years pass by. Abandoned, time is eating away the magnificent Mughal architecture now - hiding in plain sight.