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Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk)—the capital development authority—finally begins demolition of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) building.
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).
Repeated tragic deaths and loss of property in fire and building disasters in the capital could have been averted had the housing and public works ministry as the administrative authority held Rajuk duly accountable for its job, said serving and former top officials.
Building and fire safety conditions in all the 1,818 high rises under Rajuk’s jurisdiction are scary, its chairman Md Abdur Rahman said yesterday.
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.
Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) launches a two-day survey in Dhaka to find out buildings constructed flouting the building codes.
The High Court (HC) sentences a former stenographer of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) to 11 years in prison around two years after he was acquitted by the lower court in a corruption case.
Housing and Public Works Minister SM Rejaul Karim yesterday told the parliament that 66 percent of buildings in the capital were constructed violating building code of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk).
A personal officer at the land ministry grabbed about 16.5 decimal land of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) in the capital's Gulshan in 2004, an ACC probe has found.
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) files a petition with the Supreme Court seeking one-year time for relocating its office building from Hatirjheel area of Dhaka.
The High Court stays for six months the effectiveness of a notice issued by Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) that asked the authorities to relocate Food Palace Restaurant from Gulshan-1.
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) arrests a director of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) and an assistant director of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) in connection with fraud cases.
The housing minister says Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) cannot shrug off the responsibility of rampant commercialisation in Dhaka’s residential areas.
