What will Dhaka's metro network look like when finished?

In 2005, the government and the World Bank formulated a 20-year Strategic Transport Plan that recommended mass rapid transit (MRT) corridors.
20 September 2026

Rivers erase land 5 times the size of Dhaka in 5 decades

CEGIS estimates a further 915 hectares will erode this year
6 September 2026

Inside the Architecture of Secret Detention

Secret detention torture sites run by Bangladesh's police, paramilitary, and intelligence agencies
31 August 2026

Running on Empty

The buildup to Bangladesh’s energy crisis
18 August 2026

How many more lives before workplaces become safe?

A visual journey through Bangladesh’s deadliest industrial disasters over the last 21 years.
23 April 2026

The Alikadam Corridor

A documented Rohingya border crossing route - one group's ~54 km journey from the zero-line on the Myanmar border down to Alikadam Bazar in Bandarban, Bangladesh.
16 April 2026

Operation Searchlight: The night hell opened over Dhaka

On the night of March 25 1971, the gates of hell opened over Dhaka as the Pakistan army launched Operation Searchlight—a calculated and brutal attempt to crush the Bengali struggle for autonomy.
25 March 2026