Dhaka's Duplicate Image Problem: How the City Stacks Up Against Mumbai and Nairobi
Urban databases across Dhaka are clogged with redundant digital imagery — and the city's clean-up effort is only just beginning.
News5 July 20263 min read
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Dhaka Courts 2026 — Judgments & Legal News
Summaries of significant court decisions and legal news affecting Dhaka and the region.
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Dhaka's Digital Records Drive Hits a Snag: Duplicate Images Clog City Databases
A push to digitise land and civic documents across the capital has exposed a widespread problem of repeated image files slowing down government portals and frustrating applicants.
News5 July 20263 min read
Dhaka's Digital Records Are Drowning in Duplicate Images — Other Megacities Found a Fix Years Ago
As city agencies worldwide deploy automated deduplication tools to clean bloated databases, Dhaka's municipal systems remain patchy, costly, and years behind peers like Karachi and Lagos.
News5 July 20263 min read
Dhaka's Duplicate Image Crisis: The Key Decisions That Will Shape the City's Digital Records
City agencies and ward offices are sitting on a backlog of duplicated civic photographs — and what they do next will determine whether years of digitisation work holds up.
News5 July 20263 min read
Dhaka's Duplicate Image Problem: How the City Stacks Up Against Mumbai, Nairobi and Jakarta
Urban planners and digital records officials in Dhaka are grappling with a sprawling duplicate imagery crisis in land and property databases — and the city's fixes are lagging behind peers in the developing world.
News5 July 20263 min read
Dhaka's Land Registry Crisis: What Happens Next and the Key Decisions Ahead
City officials and property owners face a reckoning as duplicate land records plague Dhaka's registration system — and the clock is running on a government-mandated fix.
News5 July 20264 min read
Dhaka's Duplicate Image Problem: The Numbers Reveal a City Drowning in Digital Clutter
New data shows government portals, city development boards and e-commerce platforms across the capital are carrying thousands of redundant image files, costing bandwidth, money and public trust.
News5 July 20263 min read
Dhaka's Duplicate Image Replacement: What Happens Next and the Key Decisions Ahead
As the city grapples with the implications of duplicate image replacement, residents and stakeholders are left wondering what the future holds for this technology in Dhaka's urban landscape.
News5 July 20262 min read