M Sakhawat Hossain on Monday issued a stark warning, stressing the immediate necessity to rid the country’s rivers of ...

Environment, Forest, and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan on Tuesday announced that the final list of rivers in the ...

Flood-flow zones, crucial for maintaining Dhaka’s ecological balance, are rapidly vanishing, leaving the city increasingly ...

Designed to rescue Dhaka from floods, water retention ponds are now in need of rescue themselves. These basins, meant for ...

It was on the banks of the Buriganga River during the Mughal dynasty, some 400 years ago, that Chawkbazar was established. It quickly became the main business hub of Dhaka. Until just a few ...

the capital of Bangladesh, is the most crowded city in the world. Daily life in Dhaka revolves around the local markets. Many laborers work alongside the Buriganga river, which flows through Dhaka ...

Colin Window swaps his Thames ferry for the Buriganga River in Dhaka, and life in a slum. Mr Loteef takes passengers home across the river from the city centre 60 times a day. Homepage ...