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A 2005 photo of Rupnagar Canal in Mirpur shows the canal starting just after a white building on the left. In contrast, a recent photo from 2024 shows that the area beyond the building is now crowded with brick and tin-shed houses. Over the past 19 years, about 70% of the canal has been filled and encroached upon by various structures. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain

Plight of Dhaka's canals: Ravaged by encroachment, pollution, urbanisation

File photo of Mongla port. Photo: TBS

Govt reviews Mongla Port jetty project contract with Chinese firm

Resident’s of Kutubdia Para in Cox’s Bazar wade through almost waist-deep water as the district is dealing with severe water logging problems after three days of torrential rain. The heavy rains have left many homes and businesses submerged. This photo was taken on Saturday. Photo: Md Kefayet Ullah

What makes Cox's Bazar waterlogging so severe? Locals blame two roads worth Tk586cr

Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka. File Photo: Zia Chowdhury/TBS

Protesters call for renaming of Shahjalal Airport

Adviser Fouzul Kabir Khan. File Photo: TBS

Interim govt saves Tk1,835cr on Padma Bridge project

The location selected for the Chattogram Bay Terminal. File photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin

Bay Terminal Project advances with CPA's final 500-acre land approval

Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Iwama Kiminori visits vandalised metro rail station in Dhaka on 25 July. Photo: UNB

'This is utterly heartbreaking, I'm shocked': Japanese ambassador after visiting MRT station

Bhola's Ilisha ghat submerged on 25 July. Photo: UNB

Vehicles stranded as vital ferry terminal in Bhola goes under water

A view of the front of the Setu Bhaban on 25 July. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain/TBS

Setu Bhaban, BRTA set up makeshift offices; services yet to resume

Ctg traders struggle with unsold rawhides and low offers

Ctg traders struggle with unsold rawhides and low offers

An aerial view of an array of columns made for the Dhaka Elevated Expressway’s Karwan Bazar to Moghbazar section above a railway track in the capital. The work on this section has been on a halt for a while, but the main contractor, Italthai, says it will resume work in August. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain

Dhaka Elevated Expressway work 'set to resume in August'

Md Zillur Rahman Chowdhury, chairman of Bangladesh Land Port Authority (BLPA) Illustration: TBS

'Land ports to undergo full automation, integration'

An aerial view of Dhaka Bypass Expressway, a 48 km under construction controlled-access highway located in Dhaka. Before the construction of the expressway, the two-lane road here was known as the Dhaka Bypass Road. This photo was taken from Ulukhola in Gazipur’s Kaliganj on Monday, 6 July. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain

Costs rise as Dhaka Bypass Expressway faces delay over land acquisition