Asif Mahmud Sajeeb Bhuiyan, adviser to the Ministry of Local Government, said, "If we imagine Dhaka city as the human body, the canals are the veins and arteries. With collective efforts, we must ...

Every monsoon, Dhaka’s streets flood, reminding its residents of the canals lost to urban sprawl. Past efforts to reclaim these waterways have seen limited success, but a new plan focusing on communit ...