Ideally, a geographical area is supposed to have 25 percent tree coverage to protect its environment, but Dhaka has less than 7 percent.
There needs to be a push for a strong public library culture in Dhaka.
With the gradual increase in population and rapid urbanisation, the number of open spaces in our megacity is drastically decreasing.
Ever since I started living in Dhaka, I feel suffocated.
A lack of safe public spaces in Dhaka has aggravated a lot of issues, especially among the youth.
A city the size of Dhaka should ideally have 92 parks. In reality it has 54 and those too are under constant threat of encroachment by both public and private sectors.
