No work at Rajuk happens in exchange for money, he says

Former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her daughter, Saima Wazed (Putul), have been sued for irregularities in the allocation of plots under the Purbachal New Town project.

For years, I’ve watched two young boys hang out at a family-owned tea stall near my home. Their conversations evolved from debates about football and bikes to heavier topics like shoshon (exploitation) versus shashon (rule) during the curfew of July, questioning which path Hasina was following.

Statistics reveal continual decline in fire safety standards

Renowned actor Arifin Shuvoo has recently been granted a significant parcel of land measuring 10 kathas by Rajuk (Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha).

It appears the evacuation notice handed out to 41 risky buildings by the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) on March 13 was not well-thought-out.

If government officials were held responsible and accountable for every incident, things would have been corrected much earlier.

Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha still doesn’t know whether the seven-storey building in which an explosion on Tuesday claimed 22 lives was constructed as per the approved design. 

The loss of 22 lives in Tuesday’s explosion is the result of sheer greed and negligence of the building owners, police said

"The building is old, so is its file which has been maintained manually [only files that were approved by Rajuk after May 2019 are digitised]. On top of that yesterday was a holiday. That's why it is taking time"

There’s no way to call this a “people’s DAP.” It does mention some goals, but without sketching out a plan to achieve them.

DAP depicts a vision, but whose vision that is and how it came to be are not clear.

The regulations that DAP recommends can initiate a spree of development in the floodplains and agricultural lands surrounding central Dhaka, posing a serious threat of urban flooding.

The Detailed Area Plan (DAP) for 2022-2035, produced by Rajuk, is a radical and innovative document in the planning history of Dhaka.

Can the new Detailed Area Plan cure Dhaka's ills?

The much-hyped housing project taken up five years ago for middle-income people in Keraniganj is in limbo, as the authorities have yet to start construction work of the Tk 9,978-crore mega scheme.

Earlier this year, this newspaper ran a report on how Dhaka city’s two ancient structures -- Boro Katra and Chhoto Katra -- were at the verge of extinction due to rampant encroachment in absence of government measures to preserve them.

Only if Rajuk has the will and organisational capacity

The waterbodies of Gulshan, Banani, Baridhara and Hatirjheel are set for a transformation.

Filling up a water body is in violation of the conservation law