Bangladesh’s first ever metro train service has started its test run on the viaduct in the capital. The formal test run started from Uttara at 11:54am. on sunday after Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader inaugurated the event by waving a green flag at the depot in Dhaka’s Diabari.. The minister told reporters that ... Read more
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Metro rail: Rolling out in the open on August 29
The authorities are all set to start operating of a metro train on the viaduct on Sunday, touching a new milestone in the country’s first ever metro rail project. On that day, a train will run from Uttara to Mirpur Pallabi station at 10 am. As a precautionary measure, the metro rail run from Diabari ... Read more
Many Dhaka areas without drinkable water supply
Situation has been such for years Residents of some parts of the capital have been facing a drinking water crisis for the last several years. The water they are supplied with has a bad odour. Families living in parts of Mugda, Bashabo, Kadamtola, Maniknagar, Mayakanon, Tilpapara and Manda have been suffering the most. The water, ... Read more
Thousands greet Falgun
As the sun pierced through the mists of dawn, the choir under the yellow flower laden Bokul tree at the compound of the Fine Arts Institute of the Dhaka University greeted the first day of the Falgun, the Spring, yesterday. Hundreds in yellow and crimson raiment gathered to bid adieu to the winter. Though the ... Read more
JU campus turns into tourist spot
Hundreds of nature lovers are thronging the Jahangirnagar University campus every day to watch the migratory birds twittering and swimming in the campus lakes. Now, the dawn breaks on the campus with the sweet twittering and chirping of the migratory birds. The presence of a huge number birds has turned the campus into a tourist ... Read more
Tougher days ahead for pedestrians as city walkways vanishing
Walking on the Dhaka city’s footpaths with a sense of comfort has become unimaginable because of their poor maintenance with slabs missing or broken and encroachment by hawkers, vehicles and kiosks, piling garbage and construction activity. ‘I’m an avid walker and I want to do that in the evenings these days, but now I’m thinking ... Read more
Overhead cables not yet removed
Tangles of Internet and television cables hanging overhead on many footpaths in the capital have not been removed yet, leaving the pedestrians to face hazards and exposed to fatal accidents. Pedestrians in different city parts have alleged negligence of the authorities concerned while the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission authorities have claimed that they launch regular ... Read more
Water polluted: Waste piles up
Hatirjheel starts stinking Water polluted: Waste piles up Hatirjheel Project, the much talked about recreation centre, is losing its appeal and attraction and started to stinking now. Sources said when it rains, solid waste mixed with it enters the Hatirjheel-Begunbari Lake, and thereby, pollutes the lake water. Most of the visitors do not apply civic ... Read more
SCC sets up railings to save footpaths
The Sylhet City Corporation authorities have taken an initiative to build iron railings along the city streets so that the vendors cannot reoccupy the reclaimed footpaths. Sources in the Nagar Bhaban have said the authorities decided to construct iron railings gradually along all main roads in the city centre to keep the footpaths free of ... Read more
Frosh Fest held at BRAC University
BRAC University on Tuesday organised a daylong Frosh Fest at the indoor game zone of its campus in the capital to welcome the newly enrolled students. This year, BRAC University chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators arranged and coordinated the festival, in which forty clubs participated. They set up colourful stalls, club exhibits ... Read more
Wastes litter Dhaka city roads
Hundreds of tonnes of solid wastes lie scattered and uncollected on the roads and lanes of the capital every day, hindering pedestrians’ movement and causing health hazards and environment pollution. Every day nearly 1500 tonnes of solid wastes are left unattended by the Dhaka South City Corporation and the Dhaka North City Corporation. At Eskaton, ... Read more
Locals move to widen road as DNCC sits idle
Local people with businesses and homes alongside a three-kilometre road in Mirpur have given up land for free in order to allow the road to be widened by ten feet so that vehicles can pass each other with ease. ‘We started the demolition of the structures two years back and so far we have convinced ... Read more
Rooftop gardening growing popular in capital
City gardeners, experts for making roof gardening compulsory Rooftop gardening becomes growingly popular in the Dhaka city as the land for gardening shrinks every day with construction of more and more new buildings. City’s gardeners and agriculturists, however, cite yet another reason why more house owners getting keen on having a patch of greenery on ... Read more
Unauthorised battery-run vehicles flood Ctg city
Hundreds of unauthorised commercially run electric three-wheelers have flooded Chittagong city, consuming a substantial amount of electricity daily from the national grid. Mainly two types of electric vehicles, motor-rickshaws and easy-bikes, ply the city roads. The motor-rickshaws are similar to ordinary paddle rickshaws but with a battery-run motor set under the body and are powered by ... Read more
ICT fair abuzz with tech-savvy youth
The exposition organised by Bangladesh Computer Samity ends on Dec 29 Amid great youthful excitement, Bangladesh Computer Samity’s computer fair kicked off yesterday at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre. Titled “BCS ICT World 12”, the theme of the exposition is “technology and education for development”. Spread across 90 stalls, the exposition, in its 14th year, ... Read more
Formalin-free Kitchen Market : INITIATIVE instant hit
Buyers throng market to get non-adulterated items The Malibagh kitchen market in the capital has presumably become the centre of attention since it was announced formalin free last week. Customers from faraway places in the city now throng the bazaar to buy different items, especially fish. Their enthusiasm is apparent as other markets have not taken any ... Read more
Tourism fair calls for linkage among Asian countries
The 2nd Asian Tourism Fair 2012 began on Friday in the capital, aiming at improving tourism linkage among the Asian countries. Tour operators, travel agents, airlines, hotels and resorts of 10 Asian countries including the host, Bangladesh, are taking part in the three-day fair at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre. The fair is a collaboration of ... Read more
Students take part in Buriganga clean-up campaign
Around 200 students of different private universities have taken an initiative to set a good example about how to keep the capital’s water bodies clean. They spent around three hours on Friday cleaning the Buriganga river near Buriganga Second Bridge in Keraniganj with fishing nets from boats. Though the volunteering students could collect a very ... Read more
Moon ride on port city roads
The sluggish progress of road development in a part of the port city has put the commuters to a lot of hardships and is causing inordinate delay in reaching their destinations. Two years ago the Chittagong Development Authority (CDA) had undertaken the widening of Arakan Road, Chittagong College Road, Pathantuli Road, Dhaka Trunk Road, Bahaddarhat ... Read more
Shopping malls, markets abuzz with Eid shoppers
Shoppers have started thronging shopping malls and markets in the capital, with the biggest religious festival for the Muslims, Eid-ul-Fitr, still more than three weeks away. All the major markets in the city are now experiencing huge rush of customers and salespersons are passing very busy time coping with the rush of customers. ‘Shoppers are ... Read more