The Appellate Division on Tuesday adjourned for one week a hearing in the government鈥檚 plea seeking a stay on the High Court order that had halted the construction of the elevated expressway extension through Panthakunja Park and Hatirjheel in Dhaka.
The High Court鈥檚 order to halt the construction of the elevated expressway extension through Panthakunja Park and Hatirjheel, while directing the government not to block public access to the vital urban spaces, is welcome. The ruling follows a writ petition filed by green activists, university teachers and Bangladesh Tree Protection Movement members. It reaffirms what...
Experts called for prioritising eco-industrial parks in Bangladesh and addressing a national framework to ensure sustainable growth...
Bangladeshi legendary sculptor and painter professor Hamiduzzaman Khan was remembered through a programme at 鈥楬amiduzzaman Sculpture Park鈥� at Kodda in Gazipur on Wednesday...
Bangladesh has sought Malaysia鈥檚 assistance in developing a halal industrial park, aiming to tap into the rapidly expanding global halal products market...
TECNO has launched its SPARK 40 Pro Plus smartphone on the Bangladeshi market, said a press release...
Leaders of three social organisations blocked the road in front of Nagar Bhaban in Sylhet city, protesting against businesses encroaching on footpaths and illegal car parking on streets across the city under the support of local administration and vested interests...
Eco-Industrial Parks light touch activities in Bangladesh was launched on Wednesday, says a press release.
Technology brand TECNO has recently brought in SPARK Go 2 on the Bangladesh market, said a press release...
A writer suffering from Parkinson鈥檚 disease has become the first to die through medically assisted suicide under a fast-track regional law in Italy, campaigners said Wednesday...
A people鈥檚 court on Friday ordered an immediate suspension of all activities related to the under-construction Dhaka Elevated Expressway link road through Hatirjheel and Panthakunja Park in the capital Dhaka.
NEARLY six months have passed since the Bangladesh Tree Protection Movement began a sit-in inside the partially destroyed Panthakunja Park, one of the capital鈥檚 last parks, calling for a halt to the construction of a section of the Dhaka elevated expressway from the Film Development Corporation to the Plassey crossing. Protesters say that the construction of the elevated...
More than five months on from the start of a sit-in programme against the construction of a Dhaka Elevated Expressway link road through the Panthakunja Park at Karwan Bazar in the capital Dhaka, conservationists are yet to receive any response from...
Everton said goodbye to Goodison Park in style with a 2-0 Premier League win over Southampton thanks to a double for Iliman Ndiaye on an emotional Sunday in Merseyside.
THE worsening traffic congestion in Dhaka owes much to the unchecked, illegal parking of vehicles which becomes acute in crowded neighbourhoods. Roads across the capital are routinely narrowed by vehicles that occupy lanes and crossings while authorities fail to provide for a sustainable solution. The photograph of human haulers haphazardly parked along the...
THE nuisance that errant motorcyclists create on footpaths is no less severe than the hazard that they create on roads. According to different studies, motorcyclists tend to violate traffic rules more than others while motorcycles are consistently found to be involved in the maximum number of road accidents every year...
Amusement parks in the capital Dhaka are ready to host amusement loving kids and others during the long public holidays.
People from various strata have protested for months against the Tejgaon鈥揚lassey Crossing segment of the Dhaka Elevated Expressway that destroys Panthakunja and part of Hatirjheel, but the government remains resolute about the project.
According to the Ministry of Labour and Employment, the arrears of laid-off workers of 14 closed factories of the Beximco Industrial Park are being paid...
According to the Ministry of Labour and Employment, the arrears of laid-off workers in 14 closed factories of the Beximco Industrial Park are being paid...
According to the Ministry of Labour and Employment, arrears of laid-off workers of 9 out of 14 closed factories of the Beximco Industrial Park have been cleared as of Monday...
THE Dhaka Shishu Park has been closed for children since 2019 for renovation and is unlikely to open its doors by 2026. The modernisation plan, initially taken by the liberation war affairs ministry at a cost of Tk 265.44 crore for the Liberation Monument project in Suhrawardy Udyan, was supposed to begin in January 2018...
The Shishu Park at Shahbagh in Dhaka that has been closed for renovation since January 2019 is unlikely to open to the public by 2026.
The government on Thursday handed over a cheque for Tk 525.46 crore to pay all arrears of laid-off workers and staff of 14 closed factories of Beximco Industrial Park...
Labour and employment adviser Brigadier General (retd) M Sakhawat Hossain on Thursday said that the government would pay the dues of the laid-off workers of 14 industrial units at the Beximco Industrial Park in phases from March 9...
According to a statement from the labour and employment ministry, the advisory council committee for reviewing the Beximco Industrial Park鈥檚 labour and business situation will give a briefing at noon today at the Bangladesh Secretariat...
Goodison Park, home of Everton since 1892, plays host to the Merseyside derby for the final time on Wednesday as the Toffees aim to derail Liverpool's Premier League title charge.
THE slow death of Dhaka鈥檚 green spaces under the pretext of development is not merely an environmental concern; it is directly influencing the liveability of the city. The government鈥檚 latest decision to construct a road through Osmani Udyan is yet another example of such destruction of public parks in the name of development or modernisation. The road construction...
Charupith Art Research Institute has organised a two-day exhibition marking its 40th founding anniversary at Jashore Municipal Park, said a press release.
Historic Bhuban Mohan Park, once the hub of Rajshahi鈥檚 political and cultural activities, has turned into an illegal garage as people continue to park their motorcycles in the park due to lack of monitoring of the Rajshahi City Corporation...