Md Jahidul Islam

Seven-kilometre stretch of unlit roads between Agargaon and Pallabi beneath the Dhaka Metro Rail have become hot spots for nagging crimes and accidents due mainly to an absence of street lights. Photo: Rajib Dhar/TBS
Bangladesh

Suffering as roads beneath the metro rail still in the dark

Water ATM booth: A low-cost solution to Dhaka's drinking water crisis
Bangladesh

Water ATM booth: A low-cost solution to Dhaka's drinking water crisis

Government agencies have started various activities to control dengue, including spraying medicine. Photo: Mumit M
Bangladesh

Crores wasted as city corps chose useless mosquito-control ignoring experts

Cleaners of Dhaka South dump garbage on a busy street at Fulbaria in the capital. The photo was taken on Saturday. Photo: Rajib Dhar
Bangladesh

Cleaning the city in an unclean way

Graveyard. Photo: Noor-A-Alam
Bangladesh

Death becomes costlier in Dhaka North

Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Holiday market starts in Agargaon, SMEs complain of high shop rent

If all Dhaka dwellers, 22.50 million people, use the Metro Rail services, savings will be as high as Tk73,575 million or Tk70,357.5 crore. Photo: Rajib Dhar
Bangladesh

Dhaka residents ecstatic as Metro begins journey

Photo: Mumit M/TBS
Supplement

From concrete mess to a green relief: Metro Rail set for inauguration

Photo: Md Jahidul Islam/TBS
Bangladesh

Golapbagh playground yet to open a year after renovation

Cars and motorbikes are parked in front of the auto-parts shops on the New Eskaton Road, one of the busiest roads in the capital, which is being revamped by the Dhaka North. Photo: Md Jahidul Islam
Bangladesh

New Eskaton Road to get a facelift with car parking, bus bay, roomy sidewalks

Illustration: TBS
NBR

Tk500 tax per dog: Dhaka South begins new half-baked tax rules

Long-route buses remain parked inside the Sayedabad Intercity Bus terminal in the capital during the nationwide shut-down amid the coronavirus outbreak. Photo: Mumit M/TBS
Bangladesh

Instead of restricting long-haul buses, Dhaka mayors aim for less counters inside city

Photo: Rajib Dhar/TBS
Politics

BNP demands resignation of AL govt, caretaker admin for next polls