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Occupants still vacating BGMEA building

Office holders are vacating from the BGMEA Complex on Hatirjheel on a second chance today, on the cusp of the building’s demolition.

Demolition or drama?

After an eight-and-a-half year legal battle culminating in a victory for Rajuk, the capital development officials yesterday went to demolish the illegal 15-storey BGMEA building in a move which lacked coordination and was mired in confusion.

No plan, no coordination

Although Rajuk officials had no engineering plan to knock down the much-talked about BGMEA building on the capital's Begunbari canal, they went to the site yesterday heavily equipped with demolition machinery.

BGMEA building to be dismantled with controlled demolition

The BGMEA building will be demolished by using controlled demolition method (blasting with explosives), ASM Raihanul Ferdous, project director of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) says.

BGMEA building sealed off

Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkah (Rajuk) seals off the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) building on Hatirjheel in Dhaka.

BGMEA Building Demolition: SC annoyed by frequent pleas for time

Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association will submit an undertaking today to the Supreme Court to get a further one-year extension of the deadline for demolishing its building in the capital's Hatirjheel area.

Supreme Court to pass order Tuesday on BGMEA plea seeking 1yr extension for building demolition

The Supreme Court will pass an order on Tuesday on a petition filed by the BGMEA seeking a year time for demolishing its 15-storey building which was illegally built on Begunbari and Hatirjheel Lake in Dhaka.

BGMEA Building: Another year sought for demolition

Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has recently filed a petition with the Supreme Court seeking

BGMEA needs one more year to shift to its new building

Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) needs one more year to shift to its new building before the demolition of its current headquarter in Hatirjheel lake of Dhaka.

March 11, 2017
March 11, 2017

BGMEA building – Carry out the court order immediately

How long does it take to bring down a 15-storeyed building? Certainly not three years.

June 3, 2016
June 3, 2016

BGMEA building must come down

The Supreme Court yesterday upheld a 2011 High Court verdict that ordered demolition of the 15-storey BGMEA building illegally built in the heart of Begunbari canal in the capital.

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