12 acres of Meghna leased out illegally
The district administration in Munshiganj violated law by leasing out a 12-acre foreshore and floodplains of the Meghna in Char Betagi, said National River Conservation Commission Chairman Muzibur Rahman Howlader.
4y ago
Fresh onslaught on Meghna
A river under onslaught. An open defiance of a High Court order. And inept river custodians.
4y ago
Curious foreign trip
A team of soon-to-retire engineers and an administration official are leaving for the US and the UK on a two-week trip ostensibly to learn about digging canals, protecting river banks, restoring embankments, and dredging rivers, which they had been doing for over three decades.
4y ago
IF RIVERS DIE, SO WILL WE
What was once considered encroachment has become outright murder. But the seriousness of the crime has done little to deter a carnival of corruption plaguing river management.
5y ago
2009 HC Verdict: What the court directed and what’s been done
The apex court in 2009 directed the government to demarcate the original territory of the four Dhaka rivers -- Buriganga, Turag, Balu Shitalakhya -- restore those rivers to their original state and protect them against grabbing and from pollution.
5y ago
95pc structures in Rajuk area non-compliant
Over 95 percent of the structures under Rajuk’s jurisdiction were built without building approval, according to survey findings for the ongoing revision of the capital city’s Detailed Area Plan (DAP).
5y ago
National Building Code: Disregarded all along
Despite tragic loss of lives and properties in repeated building disasters, the country’s national building code has been lying largely unimplemented for 26 years, getting obsolete in the absence of an enforcement authority, said leading professionals.
5y ago
Authorities’ inaction put rivers in peril
The deplorable conditions of the rivers around Dhaka city and elsewhere in the country due to encroachment and pollution are the result of inaction of the river custodians and their complicity with the grabbers for decades, National River Conservation Commission Chairman Muzibur Rahman Howlader has said.
5y ago
June 21, 2015
South DCC action quite quizzical
The High Court has stayed for six months the transfer and stand-release of Ashiqur Rahman, project director (PD) of Mayor Mohammad Hanif Flyover.
June 20, 2015
Two-thirds of Dhaka Wasa area lacks drainage
Life in Dhaka city virtually comes to a standstill every time there is a monsoon rain. Many areas go under water due to scanty storm drainage system and the indiscriminate filling up of water retention areas by private and government entities over the years.
June 5, 2015
Small flats to be cheaper
The middle class will find it a little less difficult to buy flats of up to 1,100 square feet, as the government in the new budget has
May 16, 2015
Experts say it’s time to wake up as Dhaka city highly vulnerable to earthquake hazards due to unplanned urbanisation
Unplanned urban development and housing settlement on filled up marshland and low-lying flood flow zones have made the capital highly vulnerable to earthquake hazards, said leading seismic experts.
April 25, 2015
Delivering civic services nearly impossible for city corporations in Bangladesh due to govt control
A city corporation cannot deliver desired services without freeing itself from government influence, checking internal corruption and ensuring proper coordination with other agencies, said leading local government and urban experts.
April 24, 2015
City polls: Many aspirants pledging beyond legal and financial mandates of a mayor
Many of the pledges the mayoral aspirants are making in their manifestos for the April 28 city corporation elections are beyond the legal and financial mandates of a mayor, say leading local government and urban experts.
March 22, 2015
Precious yet we pollute
Natural sources of fresh water, especially rivers, are becoming highly contaminated with industrial effluents and human waste, causing
March 4, 2015
Metro rail construction to start in Q1 of 2017: Project director
With soil examination ongoing, construction of much talked about metro rail in the capital is now set to commence by the first quarter of 2017, said project director.
June 23, 2011
Shady realtors choke Turag
There is also Didar's project adjacent to Tamanna Family World amusement park.
June 4, 2009
Govt rolls into action
The government embarked on the drive following a vigorous campaign launched by The Daily Star against pollution and encroachment on the rivers surrounding the capital.
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