In the five-part, the authors look at Dhaka, Bangladesh, which by 2025 the U.N. predicts will be home to more than 20 million people--more populous than Mexico City, Beijing or Shanghai.

More than 19.5 million people live in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh.; It is the most densely populated city in the country spanning 300 kilometers — about 186 miles. That's more than 23,234 ...

Bangladesh's population is estimated at 175.7 million of which half are women, two-thirds (115 million) in the working-age group (aged 15-64), presenting a window of opportunity to harness the ...

DHAKA, July 6, 2025 (BSS) - Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today said the ...

Since Wednesday night, water has inundated 11 districts, and large swathes of the city of nearly 1.5 million people are now submerged. Bangladesh lives on its rivers and waterways — its people ...

Chittagong, Bangladesh's largest metropolis seaport, has recently worked to make Houston the sister city, but no deal has been signed yet. Point to be noted, Bangladesh has diplomatic ties with more ...

At least five people have died and scores are missing after part of a cement factory collapsed in Bangladesh on Thursday. Roof under construction caves in at army-run facility in port city of Mongla.

Extensive flooding has stranded about 1.8 million people in northeast Bangladesh, following weeks of heavy rains that have submerged homes and devastated farmland, according to state media and ...

Television channels in Bangladesh are showing live footage of crowds of thousands of people streaming toward the city center. The earlier police blockades stopping them appear to have been lifted ...