Wildlife in Dhaka: Gendaria, a neighbourhood in Old Dhaka, once known for its spacious roads and European style colonial buildings, has lost much of its grandeur.
Give food or they will steal your clothes. That's the ransom some residents of Dhaka city have to pay to appease their otherwise innocent neighbours. In his book "Satyajit Smriti", Satyajit Ray wrote about his memories with one of Dhaka's oldest primates in Wari. "My maternal uncle's house is in Wari on Rankin Street. I don't know if that house exists now. I don't even know if
Martyred intellectuals day: It was the morning of November 15, 1971. After a two-day weekend, Dr Azharul Haque, a surgeon of Dhaka Medical College Hospital, was in a hurry to go to his hospital. As there was a curfew in place, he called up the hospital authorities to send an ambulance to take him to the office.
Since the early 20th century, Gendaria gained popularity in the city for hosting Sadhana Aushadhalaya the once-famed, now-fondly remembered ayurvedic pharmaceutical company.