Dhaka has always been a city that returns to itself. Every alley, riverbank, and ruin seems to hold another story waiting to ...

I had to go to Dhaka; I had to shed tears at Dhaka's Paltan Ground over our national disgrace. I had to embrace and weep with the stranded Pakistanis in their camps, to tell them we are ashamed that ...

In the nineteenth century, three processions—Eid, Muharram, and Janmashtami—were particularly prominent in Dhaka. These processions often transcended strict religious boundaries and became occasions ...

Like many fast-growing megacities in Asia and Africa, Dhaka, in Bangladesh, is often stigmatised as one of the most unliveable cities on earth, due to overcrowding, slums and substandard housing. The ...