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Very impressed with vegetation in the area.

Yes - this is the former Dhaka Racecourse Maidan (Suhrawardy Udyan) and Ramna Park area. Tree planting is an annual event - it is close to the tree-lined Dhaka University campus.

Suhrawardy Udyan - Dhaka University Campus in the left corner (far off)

Ramna Park, which dates back to early 1900's, this is equivalent to NYC Central park in area and pattern

Tree-lined Dhaka University campus

 

[Krishna with Flute]

Yes - this is the former Dhaka Racecourse Maidan (Suhrawardy Udyan) and Ramna Park area. Tree planting is an annual event - it is close to the tree-lined Dhaka University campus.

Suhrawardy Udyan - Dhaka University Campus in the left corner (far off)
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Ramna Park, which dates back to early 1900's, this is equivalent to NYC Central park in area and pattern
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Tree-lined Dhaka University campus
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Whosoever has done it deserves complements. There is no other way to beautify a place than planting of trees. A NGO with whom I am associated with has planted over 1.5 lakh trees. I myself has (with my team) planted over 13000 trees in our township and 14000 in total.

 

[Krishna with Flute]

I was in Dang district in a jungle area. I was surprised to see people planting miyawaki forest in some open land in Jungle.

 

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Dhaka Elevated Expressway Part 3 visible, finishing work underway

 

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Highlights of Dhaka's modern infra and landmarks

 

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Expressway Authority and Dhaka Metropolitan Police collaborate on using AI and Video technology to catch and fine speeders on Dhaka Elevated Expressway. After warning notices sent to license plate holders, speeding infractions reduced 90% from the previous 200 KMH speeding activity.

 

[Saif]

Developing a multimodal communications system

A baseline study carried out recently finds that Tk 3.0 trillion was spent on railways, roads and bridges to develop the country's communications system in the past 15 years without achieving the desired results. According to a report published in this newspaper on Tuesday last under the National I

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Developing a multimodal communications system

Published :
Dec 31, 2025 23:19
Updated :
Dec 31, 2025 23:19

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A baseline study carried out recently finds that Tk 3.0 trillion was spent on railways, roads and bridges to develop the country's communications system in the past 15 years without achieving the desired results. According to a report published in this newspaper on Tuesday last under the National Integrated Multimodal Transport Master Plan, a lack of integration is to blame for such an underachievement. The other major fault with the development of communication infrastructure is an overemphasis on road transports instead of a coordinated development of roads, railways and waterways. Megaprojects do not always deliver the goods especially when they are not interlinked to take over one system's good work by another. For example, imported goods when unloaded at sea ports need to be speedily disposed of by an efficient railway system without the last-mile bottlenecks. Similarly, exportable goods should be transported in real time to the sea ports.

However, the modes of transportation are not all about goods, the mobility of people depends on how expeditiously passengers can take advantage of commute from one system to another. At the end point of one system, facilities are needed to be commensurate with the rush of people. If the end points of the metro or railways are not spacious enough and interlinked with public bus services or other modes of transportation, chaos reign supreme there. Similarly, road journeys or transportation of inland freights are costlier than those of waterways and railways. The need, therefore, was to invest the lion's share in railways for both people's commute and goods transportation instead of long-route road travel. Because Dhaka is both the single-most important centre of origin and destination of passenger and freight traffic, putting a greater emphasis on developing the railway system is even more compelling. A major portion of the Tk 3.0 trillion could be better used in order to make the existing railway networks more efficient by replacing the meter gauge tracks with double gauge lines and also expanding the system by introducing it to regions like Barishal where railways are yet to be introduced.

Building an efficient multimodal communications system is the call of the day. When bridges are built in paddy fields or without link roads on one side or both sides, it gives a clear idea of how capriciously the projects under the ministry concerned were approved. A good portion of the large fund was misappropriated. When the need was to develop a comprehensive multimodal communication system with roads, waterways, railways and even airlines receiving a reasonable share of the fund, the policymakers of the past regime either made a blunder or just minded their commissions instead of allocating a fare share to all stake-holders.

Thus there developed a disparate system of communication without ensuring an integrated affair. It is exactly why different bus companies imported luxurious vehicles for long routes to compete with each other. But the capital city's buses cut a sorry figure and the transport workers and owners can defy the government to press for their vested interests. A few expressways cannot cure the malaise. The metro rail has shown the way of dealing with the defiant transport operators. Then the number of car and bus trips on short and long routes is a witness to the anarchic system in existence. Expansion of railways can address the problem.​

 

[Saif]

Metro rail accident caused from substandard bearing pads, design flaws

The relevant investigation committee has submitted its report into the incident in which a pedestrian, Abul Kalam, was killed after a bearing pad fell from the metro rail structure.

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Metro rail accident caused from substandard bearing pads, design flaws

Special Correspondent Dhaka
Published: 01 Jan 2026, 19: 55

The bearing pad of a metro rail pillar fell in front of a tea stall on the footpath in the capital’s Farmgate area today, Sunday, damaging the stall. Sazid Hossain

The relevant investigation committee has submitted its report into the incident in which a pedestrian, Abul Kalam, was killed after a bearing pad fell from the metro rail structure.

The report states that tests conducted at a BUET laboratory found that the two bearing pads that fell did not meet the required quality standards. Similarly, the design of the viaduct from which the bearing pad fell off was also found to be flawed.

The investigation report was formally handed over today, Thursday, to adviser of the Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges, Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan, by head of the investigation committee and secretary of the Bridges Division, Mohammad Abdur Rouf.

Head of the investigation committee and secretary of the Bridges Division, Mohammad Abdur Rouf hands over the investigation report to adviser of the Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges, Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan on 1 January 2026. Anwar Hossain

Although substandard bearing pads and design flaws were identified, members of the committee believe that train operations on this metro rail line can continue. In this regard, they have recommended that the bearing pads be kept under close and regular monitoring.

Around 12:20 pm on 26 October, a bearing pad became dislodged from pillar number 433 of the metro rail in the Farmgate area and fell onto the road below. Pedestrian Abul Kalam Azad, 35, was struck on the head and died at the scene. A high-level committee was formed the same day to investigate the incident.

Earlier, on 18 September 2024, another bearing pad had become dislodged from pillar number 430 of the metro rail in the same area and fallen onto the road. Although there were no fatalities on that occasion, metro rail services were suspended for nearly 11 hours.

Bearing pads are installed at the junction between metro rail pillars and the elevated viaduct. They are made of a combination of rubber and steel, each weighing approximately 50 to 80 kilograms. There are a total of 2,480 such bearing pads along the Uttara-Motijheel metro rail route.​