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Star City

DU's mindless projects destroy green
Dhaka University (DU) authorities have failed to make a master plan for healthy development of its campus.

Noise Pollution
DMP to go tougher on horn-happy motorists
Deafening noise of vehicular horns continues to pester the city dwellers despite a slight awareness among motorists following a clamp down on horn-happy motorists.

Detailed Area Plan
Delay, anomalies spoil the purpose
Gross anomalies and deliberate delay in implementation have put Dhaka's Detailed Area Plan (DAP) in a total mess, professionals and urban experts said.

'We want to go home'
Hundreds of lost children unable to remember their addresses languish in makeshift shelters
Hundreds of lost children are languishing in drop-in centres run by NGOs with a little or no hope for going back to their parents as they cannot tell their addresses.

Computer prices go high before taxes come into effect
Although the tax and duties proposed in the new budget are yet to come into effect, the price of computers and accessories has already marked an inexplicable rise in the city markets.