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Scrap collectors wash sacks of dyeing waste from nearby factories in the Turag River in Dhaka. Amid worsening river pollution, the government is working on an initiative to improve water quality, restore river flow and build walkways along banks of the four rivers surrounding the capital. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain

Clean and green: Dhaka revamp begins to reclaim roads, rivers and parks

City authorities want campaign to go beyond slogans and focus on practical enforcement

Photo: Collected

Police plan phased curbs on autorickshaws to ease Dhaka traffic

Old Dhaka. Photo: Peter Bialobrzeski

Project taken to unlock economic potential of neglected Dhaka areas

Representational image. Photo: TBS

Interim government fails to deliver effective urban solutions, say experts

File Photo: Workers are busy constructing a ramp of the Dhaka Elevated Expressway in Banani. Photo: Mumit M

DAP revision allows buildings twice as tall, experts fear more strain on liveability

Two upazilas in Sylhet flooded as Kushiara embankments collapse on 1 June 2025. Photo: TBS

Urban growth in Sylhet is shrinking water bodies, raising flood risks: study

A view of Dhaka city. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain

Illegal portions of 3,382 buildings to be demolished: Rajuk chairman

Photo: Rajib Dhar

DAP revision delayed, building heights to be adjusted 

RAJUK Chairman Major General (retd) Siddiqur Rahman Sarkar speaks at a meeting with the Urban Development Journalists Forum Bangladesh (UDJFB) members at the RAJUK conference room on 30 January. Photo: Courtesy

Revised DAP within a month to solve building height disparity: RAJUK chairman

Vertical housing key to accommodating our growing urban population

Vertical housing key to accommodating our growing urban population

Uttara Lake. Photo: TBS

Concreting Uttara Lake is how to kill it

Heavy rainfall in Azimpur leaves city dwellers wading through waist-deep water on rickshaws and vans on Friday. Parts of Dhaka were submerged after 130mm of rain fell in just 6 hours. Photo: Rajib Dhar/TBS

Dhaka's drainage master plan stalled for 8 years, new plans underway

Dhaka North City Corporation Mayor Md Atiqul Islam receives a crest after a seminar on “Transformative Change in Stormwater Management of Dhaka City” in Dhaka on 3 October 2023. Photo: Courtesy

Nature-based drainage system stressed to address Dhaka’s waterlogging