The South Asian Football Federation is considering rescheduling the SAFF Championship to November, with Dhaka remaining the likely host city, according to SAFF general secretary Purushottam Kattel.

It’s been more than a decade since I have moved in Dhaka. Since then, I have spent only a few days away from Dhaka, and it has become such that I feel more comfortable at Dhaka than anywhere else. Which is ironic because there is so much about this city that irks me.

The privilege behind celebrating the city's rare moments of calm.

Beyond the classroom, the commute acts as a silent thief of the social and extracurricular opportunities that define university life.

It was in January 2021 that the two city corporations of Dhaka took over the management and maintenance of 26 canals and 10 kilometres of box culverts from Dhaka Wasa, under whose authority the canals of our capital had become victims of clogging, pollution, and encroachment.

Dhaka is the second-most populous city in the world and is projected to be the world’s most populous city by 2050, according to a 2025 report published by the United Nations on world urbanisation prospects.

Children of 1972–73 came of age alongside Bangladesh itself. In Azimpur’s close‑knit colony, a telephone became a neighbourhood lifeline, television was a shared ritual, and the Buriganga was our afternoon escape.

A rickshaw ride in the evening is one of my favourite ways to unwind. Although pedalling through the crowded residential lanes of Dhaka is anything but relaxing, I love it nonetheless.

Inequality is not hidden; it is right in front of us, every night.

We are alarmed by reports that Savar’s Air Quality Index (AQI) soared to 537 on Sunday, surpassing the “hazardous” threshold of 500 and ranking it among the most polluted places in the world.

In layman’s terms, multispecies justice is a lens that enables us to see ourselves as part of the wider natural world and to realise that all networks of violence and destruction might have their roots in extraction-focused, profit-oriented ideas pushed by colonialism and capitalism.

DMP issues detailed traffic guideline

Capital sees thin traffic as voters head to village homes

Authorities say security arrangement is precautionary

Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited will operate additional trains on February 12 to facilitate voter movement, while traffic restrictions take effect nationwide

The police today recovered bodies of a couple and their two minor children from a house in Dhaka’s Pallabi, prompting an investigation into what officers described as a possible family tragedy.

Flights will operate every Thursday and Saturday

Embrace Dhaka winter by savouring traditional street food like chitoi pitha and shorshe bhorta. From spicy duck meat at Nila Market to nostalgic nolen gur, these seasonal flavours unite families through warmth, comfort, and connection.

Luck— you need a lot of it to stay alive in this city. And also a sense of dark humour.

The Bangladesh Football Federation's (BFF) Professional League Management Committee has backtracked on its decision to stage Tuesday's high-profile Federation Cup clash between holders Bashundhara Kings and title aspirants Mohammedan behind closed doors at the National Stadium in Dhaka.