Urban planning

Urban planning

Yellow tactile paving designed to guide visually impaired pedestrians is obstructed by an advertising frame, electric poles and other encroachments on a footpath in Kalabagan, Dhaka. The photo was taken recently. Photo: Rajib Dhar

Tactile paving missing, obstructed: How Dhaka footpaths fail the visually impaired

According to the Department of Social Services, Bangladesh has 36.34 lakh people with disabilities, including nearly 500,000 visually impaired people.

Experts at a roundtable discussion in Dhaka call for the cancellation of the proposed Panthakunja ramp, warning of environmental damage and worsening traffic congestion.Photo:TBS

Experts urge cancellation of Panthakunja ramp, warn of environmental damage and worsening traffic

File Photo: Workers are busy constructing a ramp of the Dhaka Elevated Expressway in Banani. Photo: Mumit M

DAP revision allows buildings twice as tall, experts fear more strain on liveability

Md Jahidul Islam, staff correspondent of The Business Standard, won the Best Urban Reporting Award 2025. Photo: TBS

TBS's Jahidul Islam wins Best Urban Reporting Award 2025

At an event launching an initiative by Oxfam in Bangladesh and Curtin University of Australia, on Wednesday (2 July). Photo: Courtesy

‘Colonial concept’ of urban planning in country hinders effective management: Stakeholders

Rickshaws ply through the waterlogged streets of Dhaka on 30 May 2025. Photo: Rajib Dhar/TBS

Political consensus needed to reduce urban waterlogging: Urban planners

Until political leaders commit to governance reforms—decentralisation, participation, and rule-based administration—urban plans will remain largely symbolic. Photo: TBS

Paper plans to people power: Why urban governance must precede traditional master planning

Representational image. Photo: TBS

Experts for priority of working-class in urban, rural housing plans

A view of Dhaka city. File Photo: Rajib Dhar/TBS

A FAR-fetched plan?: Urban planners and builders lock horns over Dhaka's revised DAP

The scarcity of land in Dhaka is set to increase due to the new Detailed Area Plan. Photo: TBS

LGRD ministry drafts Urban Policy after 21yrs, experts say multiple issues untouched

Urban planners at a virtual event said Rajuk regularly change their Detailed Area Plan (DAP) to benefit businessmen on (4 December). Photo: TBS

Rajuk repeatedly changes DAP to benefit businessmen: Urban planners

Urban planning being compromised due to commercial mindset of some engineers: BIP

Urban planning being compromised due to commercial mindset of some engineers: BIP

Environment, Forest, and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan speaks at a seminar at Bon Bhaban in Dhaka’s Agargaon on 28 September 2024. Photo: PID

Inadequate policy, capacity undermining Dhaka's urban planning: Adviser Rizwana