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A top shot of Dhaka city. The photo was taken from the Gulshan area in the capital. Photo: TBS

To build or not to build? Dhaka's high-rise dilemma

A group of landowners under the banner of the Dhaka Landowners Association have recently protested to scrap or revise the Detailed Area Plan (DAP) once again. We revisit the state of the city’s...

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Civil society press 11 demands for equitable city

Surviving a city without police

Surviving a city without police

There is a lake in the middle of the complex but it resembles a dirty swamp. Photo: Mehedi Hasan

Another concrete jungle in the name of 'garden city'

The Merlion and Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. Photo: Bloomberg

These are the world's most expensive cities to live in right now

Photo: Collected

As city heat rises, bird diversity declines

Most surveilled cities in the world

Most surveilled cities in the world

Why 'good' initiatives to make Dhaka citizen-friendly go in vain

Why 'good' initiatives to make Dhaka citizen-friendly go in vain

Photo: Reyad Abedin

The name of my city is dust, smoke and life

The two-storey house costing just Tk1 lakh in Vennatala village shows how the community-driven Sobai Mile Jhenaidah Gori was geared towards making cities more livable. Photo: Mumit M

Vision for a modern city: The quiet transformation of Jhenaidah town

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?

Picture: MumitM/TBS

The city that grows without children in mind

Still, Dhaka can be made livable

Still, Dhaka can be made livable