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BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman addressed an election roadside rally at the ECB Chattar in Mirpur on Sunday (8 February 2026). Photo: Colelcted

Tarique pledges 40 playgrounds for Dhaka

The initiative will create opportunities for children to play outdoors, while providing space for elderly people, women and others to walk and exercise, he says

File photo of BNP Chairperson Tarique Rahman. Photo: Collected

BNP to set up ward-wise playgrounds in Dhaka if voted to power: Tarique

Dhaka North gets five kathas of land for children's playground

Dhaka North gets five kathas of land for children's playground

Chattogram City Corporation Mayor Shahadat Hossain laid the foundation stone for three development projects today (11 December). Photo: TBS

Ctg mayor plans playgrounds, parks for every ward

Photo: Courtesy

How schools can help children when playgrounds are shrinking

Gabtoli field area located at the Mirpur Mazar Road in the capital. Photo: TBS

What fate awaits Gabtoli playground?

Dhaka can invest in pocket parks within commercial zones, open-air community markets, night bazaars, modular fitness areas, riverfront recreational spaces, public art installations, and secure seating clusters. Photo: TBS

Urban planners want separate policy, body to protect open spaces

Banani Block-C Park in Dhaka North is empty as the entry doors are found to be locked for most of the time. The field has been filled with tall grass. File Photo: Rajib Dhar

HC asks for list of parks, playgrounds in capital

Authorities managing Dhaka North’s Shaheed Zayan Chowdhury Playground in Banani impose a litany of rules and regulations on public access to the space. Photo: Md Jahidul Islam/TBS

Dhaka North playground in Banani: A public facility for a select few?

Children play on a playground in the capital’s Bauniabadh area which was previously used by locals as a garbage dumping ground. Photo: Md Jahidul Islam/TBS

Dumping ground made into playground in less than a month

A group of children play football in an alley in the capital’s Eskaton area. The number of playgrounds in the capital is shrinking alarmingly, forcing kids to either play on the roads or to force them to stay indoors and resort to gadgets, which is affecting them in the long run. Photo: Zia Chowdhury

Authorities unconcerned as children lose playgrounds in Dhaka

Park, playground to be constructed on Karnaphuli banks

Park, playground to be constructed on Karnaphuli banks

Syed Ratna and her cohort's efforts ensured the children of her locality were not without a playground Photo: Noor-A-Alam

Revisiting Syeda Ratna's heroic endeavour to save Tetultala playground