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RAJUK Chairman Major General (retd) Siddiqur Rahman Sarkar speaks at a meeting with the Urban Development Journalists Forum Bangladesh (UDJFB) members at the RAJUK conference room on 30 January. Photo: Courtesy

Urbanisation

Revised DAP within a month to solve building height disparity: RAJUK chairman

“Some amendments have been made to the DAP gazetted in 2022. They are now at the ministry level. Hopefully, the amendments will be passed within a month,” he said

Vertical housing key to accommodating our growing urban population

Urbanisation

Vertical housing key to accommodating our growing urban population

Uttara Lake is in the process of being lined with concrete, an expensive and often delayed development plan that residents feel is a waste of money that could be better spent maintaining the lake itself. Photo: TBS

Urbanisation

Concreting Uttara Lake is how to kill it

Heavy rainfall in Azimpur leaves city dwellers wading through waist-deep water on rickshaws and vans on Friday. Parts of Dhaka were submerged after 130mm of rain fell in just 6 hours. Photo: Rajib Dhar/TBS

Urbanisation

Dhaka's drainage master plan stalled for 8 years, new plans underway

Dhaka North City Corporation Mayor Md Atiqul Islam receives a crest after a seminar on “Transformative Change in Stormwater Management of Dhaka City” in Dhaka on 3 October 2023. Photo: Courtesy

Urbanisation

Nature-based drainage system stressed to address Dhaka’s waterlogging

Risky buildings: Provide evidence for objections about Rajuk evaluation, says chairman

Urbanisation

Risky buildings: Provide evidence for objections about Rajuk evaluation, says chairman

The 700-acre of land in Chattogram's Sitakunda recovered by evicting slum dwellers is now being eyed by different entities to set up establishments. Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin

Urbanisation

Now 200 govt, private entities want to build on land cleared of Ctg slum dwellers

Photo: TBS

Bangladesh

DSCC evicts illegal shops of Phulbaria Supermarket amid protests

Dhaka can still be made liveable: BIP

Urbanisation

Dhaka can still be made liveable: BIP

Urbanisation

DSCC demarcation, eviction drives at Shyampur Canal begin

If DAP is approved, no more new buildings will be permitted, violating the height ceiling. Photo: Collected

Panorama

Building heights: Is the cap rational?

Rickshaw registration has resumed after 34 years Picture: TBS/Mumit

Urbanisation

Rickshaw registration begins after 34 years: Taposh

Mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh. Photo: Collected

Urbanisation

Integrated master plan for Dhaka city underway: Taposh