construction

Construction material industry faces meltdown as sales plunge
Industry

Construction material industry faces meltdown as sales plunge

Entrepreneurs fear turnaround unlikely before mid-2025

Representational image. Photo: Rajib Dhar
Infrastructure

Endless roadworks torment Dhaka residents. Who's to blame?

Kamrun Naher. Sketch: TBS
Thoughts

Why construction workers continue to fall to their deaths

Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Max Group begins production of eco-friendly, cost-effective concrete block

Aerated concrete made by Max Group. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Max Group to bring autoclaved aerated concrete block with Tk160cr investment

Workers construct a facility inside the Greenbase Industrial & Logistics Parks near Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, 29 January, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Praveen Paramasivam/File photo
South Asia

Warehouse developers bet on India as companies look beyond China

Photo: Courtesy
Bangladesh

Korea opens construction, fisheries sectors for Bangladeshi job seekers

LGRD Minister Md Tajul Islam speaking at this year’s first meeting of the national committee on dengue prevention at the ministry’s conference room on 17 Jan. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Price hike of construction materials forced many projects to stop: LGRD minister

Representational Image: TBS
Crime

3 of a family stabbed in Sirajganj for obstructing road construction work on their land

Whether it be because of dust kicked up by the metro rail’s construction works or smoke produced by unfit vehicles, Karwan Bazar's highly polluted air is a health hazard to all that pass through the area. PHOTOS: RAJIB DHAR
Panorama

What Karwan Bazar-Farmgate's 'labour pain' tells us about Dhaka's pollution

A file photo of metro rail's Dhaka University station. Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

Dhaka Metro set to be fully operational in Jan; expressway progress slow

Photo: TBS
Environment

Eco-friendly hollow concrete blocks transform construction in Thakurgaon

How substandard bricks affect construction quality, drive up costs
Bangladesh

How substandard bricks affect construction quality, drive up costs