About half of humanity lives in a city, and by 2050, it's likely that 70 percent of the world's population will be in urban areas, according to United Nations predictions. In this project, ''Metropolis,'' I am documenting the megacities of our time -- places with populations in excess of 10 million. Every megacity is a theater, and every city has a...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday urged Bangladesh's feuding political parties to work together and end their most recent bout of discord for the good of their impoverished country. Mrs. Clinton, the first American secretary of state to visit Dhaka, the capital, since 2003, said weeks of strikes and...
As a general strike entered a second day on Monday, the police said they had filed charges against 44 opposition activists after scattered violence and vandalism erupted in Dhaka, the capital, on Sunday. The strike was called to protest the disappearance of an opposition official, Elias Ali, who has been missing for two weeks. Opposition leaders...
Dhaka er Bangladesh' hovedstad og sammen med sin byområde har 12 mio. indbyggere (2001). Ligger på Buriganga floden og er den niende største by i verden.
Byens historie går tilbage til år 1000. I 1765 overgik Dhaka til britisk styre. I 1947 blev byen hovedstad i Østpakistan. I 1971 blev byen hovedstad for det nyligt uafhængige land Bangladesh.
Landets nationalmoske ligger i byen og hedder Baitul Mukarram.