Staff Reporter
As the Eid-ul-Azha holidays begin, the capital has started to empty out, with thousands of residents leaving the city to celebrate the festival with their families in rural areas. Roads are noticeably quieter, while bus terminals, railway stations, and launch piers are teeming with holiday travelers.
With the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha and the onset of the monsoon season, concerns over waste management are growing among Dhaka residents. Every year, citizens of both South and North Dhaka worry about the swift and proper removal of sacrificial animal waste. This year, the situation has become more alarming due to early seasonal rains that have already caused waterlogging in several areas of the capital, severely disrupting traffic. If waste is not properly managed during Eid, the city’s environment could face serious risks. Amid this, Dhaka South and North City Corporations are facing two very different realities.
A look through the pages of history reveals that Dhaka has always been a center of political and social movements. From the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857 to the formation of the All-India Muslim League in 1906, from the Language Movement of 1952 and the mass uprising of 1969 to the anti-autocracy movement of 1990—Dhaka has stood at the forefront of every significant turning point. However, more than five decades after independence, today’s Dhaka appears to have become even more of a “city of protests.”
Heavy and continuous rainfall since early Thursday morning has plunged Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, into chaos, causing severe waterlogging and traffic congestion. The Meteorological Department has confirmed that the downpour resulted from a deep depression, which intensified in the afternoon. By evening, many parts of the city were submerged in knee- to waist-deep water, rendering vehicles inoperable and leaving commuters stranded on the roads for hours.
The last mayor of the undivided Dhaka City Corporation was the renowned freedom fighter and senior BNP leader Sadeque Hossain Khoka.
A devastating disaster occurred in Savar of Dhaka, that touched the entire world on April 24, 2013. The nine-story commercial building, 'Rana Plaza,' collapsed in the blink of an eye, resulting in the death of nearly 1,138 people, most of whom were garment factory workers. Thousands were injured in the incident. The world was shocked by one of the most horrific industrial disasters in history.