Dhaka Friday, May 3, 2024
City water tariff increased 14 times in 13 years

City water tariff increased 14 times in 13 years

 The Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority has again increased water tariffs by five per cent without addressing water crisis in different places in the city ...Details

Metro rail test run likely this month

Metro rail test run likely this month

The authorities may begin a test run of the country's first metro rail service later this month.

After this test, the authorities will operate the trains between ...Details

‘No passengers on my rickshaw, no food on my table’

‘No passengers on my rickshaw, no food on my table’

Most rickshaw pullers are now earning Tk100-300 per day, indicating that they lost over 80% of their incomes to the lockdown
 

Before the lockdown, rickshaw-puller ...Details

Dhaka sees traffic jam on 2nd day of strict lockdown

Dhaka sees traffic jam on 2nd day of strict lockdown

Unlike the first day of the ongoing lockdown, Dhaka witnessed huge traffic gridlock at different intersections on the second day of 7-day lockdown, imposed nationwide ...Details

People suffer amid slack restrictions

People suffer amid slack restrictions

The government’s fresh weeklong restrictions on public movement and businesses were ignored in many places in the capital as elsewhere in the country on the first ...Details