In the five-part, the authors look at Dhaka, Bangladesh, which by 2025 the U.N. predicts will be home to more than 20 million people--more populous than Mexico City, Beijing or Shanghai.

By Abu SiddiqueSadiqur Rahman At Abdullahpur Government Primary School in Akhaura area, in eastern Bangladesh’s Brahmanbaria ...

Seven years ago, a monsoon flood left nothing standing in their village, located in Bhola on the country’s south-west coast. “We had no option but to climb up the banks with our belongings immediately ...

Experts say the government should take effective steps to decentralize Dhaka city as soon as possible in order to ensure sustainable development, make the city livable and enhance public safety.

Although the city dwellers have started going to bed early amid intense cold due to a strong wind, he has to rush to the streets at around 3am. “Otherwise, I can’t cover the entire road ...

And that's the stark reality for Dhaka, a city of 16 million people living in a little over 300 square kilometres - just a fifth of the space of London, which has a population half the size. Image ...

Asia; Bangladesh’s ‘Village Banker’ Faces Toughest Challenge Yet: Running His Country The microcredit pioneer is an idealist obsessed with eradicating poverty—and a political novice who ...

In Kalyani village, state police have started roping in border vigilante groups to sensitise villagers on the situation in Bangladesh and keep a watch on the border.