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A capital city should ideally have a population of 6 to 7 million whereas Dhaka currently has a population of roughly 21.7 million people. Photo: Salahuddin Ahmed

Should Bangladesh move its capital away from Dhaka?

Dhaka has become overburdened as a capital and something needs to be done to relieve the pressure, whether it be by moving capitals or decentralising our administrative sector to other regions

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The city that grows without children in mind

Still, Dhaka can be made livable

Still, Dhaka can be made livable

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The tale of metro rail: A challenging project to transform Dhaka into a modern city

Volunteers wearing face masks to help protect from the coronavirus chat each others at an information booth for Beijing Winter Olympics Games at Qianmen Street, a popular tourist spot in Beijing, Sunday, Jan. 23, 2022. Chinese authorities have called on the public to stay where they are during the Lunar New Year instead of traveling to their hometowns for the year's most important family holiday. Photo: UNB/AP

1-month lockdown lifts in Chinese city, 2M in Beijing tested

An amphitheatre with a capacity of 300 people has been set up next to the pond. Photo: Noor A Alam

Justice Shahabuddin Ahmed Park: An example of an ideal city park

FILE PHOTO: A view of an empty Merlion Park, as tourism braces for a steep decline following the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) along Marina Bay in Singapore, March 26, 2020. REUTERS/Edgar Su

Singapore is rewriting the rules for global cities

A man carries an ailing woman  across one of the many overbridges in the city. Photo: Syed Saiful Alam Shovan

Are foot over-bridges really good for a city? 

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Hours of tailbacks are delaying arrivals of cattle in city markets, pushing up prices

Red-vented Bulbul inspects a switch-box. Photo: Enam Ul Haque

Birds of the city: More amiable than citizens!

Traffic flows east on the Interstate 10 freeway in Los Angeles on September 18, 2019. - Photographer: FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Bloomberg

Want to build your city’s economy? Think transportation, not tax breaks

Ishrat Binte Rouf. Sketch: TBS

Hate crimes against women in Dhaka’s streets: Does the city only belong to men?

‘Dhaka being named the most expensive South Asian city for internationals does not bode well for business’

‘Dhaka being named the most expensive South Asian city for internationals does not bode well for business’