Dhaka, Feb. 14 -- Amidst protests by citizens around two years ago, the government agreed to turn Tentultala field in Dhaka's Kalabagan into a playground, ditching plans to build a police station there. The field remains unsuitable for children to play with no progress made in this period.It looks like a dumping ground with garbage, fallen boundary walls, and construction debris from the Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority. Children still play in the field despite the risks of being injured. Activist Syeda Ratna and her son Isa Abdullah Priyangshu, who led the 2022 movement to protect the field, urge government intervention to enhance its suitability for young residents.

However, the police, as the field's owners, are not taking an...