Dhaka footpaths

Dhaka footpaths, a money-spinner for extortionists

On the footpath next to the General Post Office in the capital, Sohel Howlader sells children’s clothes from a small table.

In Dhaka, footpaths not for pedestrians only

It’s a 10-minute walk from Farmgate’s Ananda Cinema Hall to the Panthapath intersection through Green Road. However, it takes 20 minutes to cross this 700-metre road, thanks to illegal occupants of the footpath

Walk to be free

What is it about our own thoughts that are so awful that we cannot spend a minute alone with them? There is only one way to find out. Unplug, go outside, and walk.

Walking in the city

The stories come alive when you walk in the city and meet the faces that form the mass.