Hawkers

This undated file photo shows a footpath with businesses set on it, narrowing down the walking path. File Photo: Rajib Dhar/TBS
Thoughts

Why should pedestrians share streets with hawkers?

Can the DNCC ensure both the right to walk and the right to a livelihood?

Dhaka North City Corporation Administrator Mohammad Ejaz speaks at an event in Dhaka on 24 April 2025. File Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Avoid battery-run rickshaws, don't buy anything from vendors on footpaths: Dhaka North administrator

The notice was posted on multiple walls of homes and businesses in the village. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Local admin, police take legal actions against Jhenaidah village's self-imposed ban on music, hawkers, and Hijras

Photo:TBS
Bangladesh

Protest by hawkers by surrounding city hall, handing out memorandum

An eviction operation by the Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) in New Market on Monday afternoon escalated into clashes between hawkers and law enforcement, leaving at least 20 injured, including police personnel. Photo: UNB
Crime

Police-hawkers clash in Ctg: Case filed against 1,200 people

The available recreational area in Hatirjheel has decreased due to the authorities' actions of enclosing several public spaces and removing seating arrangements. These actions were taken to plant saplings and prevent hawkers from entering the area. Photo: Md Jahidul Islam
Bangladesh

To bar hawkers, Rajuk also bars people from open spaces in Hatirjheel

Dhaka foot-over bridge that has turned into a market
Videos

Dhaka foot-over bridge that has turned into a market

Tipu Sultan is no ordinary hawker; he is a writer who has published two books and a series of maps. Photo: Abrar Faiyaz Niloy
Panorama

The floating salespersons of the moving city 

Photo: Sanjida Islam Banna/Traffic alert
Bangladesh

Hawkers block roads in Uttara protesting eviction, causing traffic chaos across city

When hunger threatens to kill you first
Panorama

When hunger threatens to kill you first

Photo: Salahuddin Ahmed/TBS
Environment

What Bangladesh can learn from Singapore