The updated detailed area plan (DAP) of Dhaka city must have an inventory of all documented and demarcated water bodies...

The Daily Star and Save the Children in association with C&A Foundation and Bangladesh Institute of Planners (BIP) organised a...

Each government authority that gave permissions to keep a factory like Hashem Foods Limited running despite its faulty fire safety...

Star has published ten reports on Dhaka city’s canals between July 21 and September 29 revealing how these water bodies...

Several environmental organisations gathered at Tetultala playground in Dhaka yesterday, which they claim was to celebrate a year of preventing...

Prof Jamilur Reza Choudhury speaks at a seminar at the National Press Club in the city yesterday. On his left...

What good is a river to a city? Imagine strolling along the riverbanks on a lazy afternoon or just returning...

Iqbal Habib, Member Secretary, Urbanisation & Governance Programme, Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (Bapa), talks to Naznin Tithi of The Daily Star...

While many children might prefer staying home to watch television or play video games, the students of Boral Bidya Niketan...

The Detailed Area Plan (DAP) 2016-2035, developed by Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) for the planned urbanisation of Dhaka metropolitan area,...