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Kids' playground bulldozed for shopping centre
The National Housing Authority bulldozes hundreds of trees, children's swings, a play shed to make room for a shopping centre on an area in Mirpur-2 earmarked as a public park in the master plan
Over a thousand trees were chopped down on Monday in Block H of Mirpur Section 2 from a piece of land that had been designated as a 'green space' in the city master plan.
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Public Transport
City buses plunge into further chaos
Passengers of public transport in the capital have no way but to continue putting up with immense sufferings as no mechanism exists to plan, coordinate, administer and monitor transport operators in and
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Bangshal Pond: An oasis polluted
The last remaining public pond in the city, the Bangshal Pukur, where over 3,000 people bathe everyday is fast being polluted due to extensive fish farming by the pond committee.
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Follow-up
Khilgaon Lake project put on ice
Efforts to revive the swampy and almost 'dead' lake in Khilgaon remain buried under piles of files while the Public Works Department (PWD) awaits additional funds.
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Announcement
Discover some of Dhaka's finest buildings and sites in a three-part report called Dhaka's Hidden Pearls beginning from Sunday, April 22.
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