Dhaka, October 28, 2017 — City planning in Bangladesh needs to be done in a more sustainable way so that rapidly urbanizing parts of the country have the necessary infrastructure and services to make ...

NARAYANGANJ, Bangladesh, June 1 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As pale fumes billowed from a factory in the Bandar neighbourhood of Narayanganj, clouding the afternoon sky, tea-stall owner Riad, 21, ...

GlobalPost's Erik German and Solana Pine look at the coming dystopia that is urbanization. In the five-part, the authors look at Dhaka, Bangladesh, which by 2025 the U.N. predicts will be home to more ...

With more than 16 million residents, Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, is not only one of the world’s largest cities, it’s also the fastest growing. Half a million new migrants arrive each year. The U ...

DHAKA, Bangladesh, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Bangladesh's capital, Dhaka, once a city of lush forests and grass fields, has suffered drastic environmental changes due to rapid urbanization, experts say. Now ...

The sight of soaring black kites has become a rare sight in Dhaka city, which has become urbanized in an unplanned manner at the cost of wetlands and numerous mature trees. In the last two months, at ...

For his effort and show of compassion, Rao was paid 100 taka (less than one cent) as a tip. "That made me happy," said the temporary worker at Ideal School and College at Banasree in Dhaka, who earns ...