The project aims at securing and sustainably managing drinking water supply for the inhabitants of
Dhaka Metropolitan city and its adjacent areas.
Its origins are mostly shrouded in mystery, although it's known it was built in the 12th century, with a name meaning 'Goddess of
Dhaka' and dedicated to the Hindu Goddess Durga.
Shahnaz Begum was born on 2 January 1952 in
Dhaka. She sang for Bangladeshi and Pakistani films.
The
Dhaka Tribune reported that the fire broke out around 9:30 am after a gas cylinder kept in the warehouse storing highly flammable chemical and plastic products exploded and engulfed several multi-storey buildings at Nanda Kumar Lane in the Lalbagh market place.
The bodies of 23 Bangladeshi nationals recovered from the wreckage of a deadly plane crash in Nepal have arrived in
Dhaka, the government said on Monday.
Mannan, launched a publication, "The
Dhaka Water Services Turnaround".
Dizon told the Inquirer that the mood at the closing ceremony's venue, the National Library of
Dhaka, was electric.
Dhaka resident and artist Atish Saha told the Guardian he "felt I was walking through a post-apocalyptic neighbourhood," and called the incident an "image of mass violence".
DHAKA, Dhu-AlQa'dah 9, 1437, Aug 12, 2016, SPA -- Bangladesh police said on Friday they had arrested five members of a domestic Islamist militant group planning suicide attacks in the capital,
Dhaka, as authorities hunted for the mastermind of a deadly assault last month, Reuters reported.
Voices From the Edge: Justice, Agency and the Plight of Floating Sex Workers in
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Tiger Airways, a Singapore-based airline, has announced a new service between Singapore and
Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Summary: DUBAI -- Flydubai, Dubai's first low-cost airline, has doubled its flights between the UAE and Bangladesh with the start of a new service to the country's capital,
Dhaka.
Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, has rescheduled flights to and from
Dhaka to ensure better flight connections with Etihad destinations in Western Europe and North America.
WHEN FLOODS submerged parts of Bangladesh last monsoon season, thousands of villagers fled to the capital,
Dhaka, where many found work driving the city's 89,000 rickshaws.
