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Category: Housing

Govt to build 30,000 houses for insolvent freedom fighters

March 16, 2021 sub EditorBangladesh, Housing

Dhaka, Mar 16 : The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) on Tuesday approved six projects, including a Tk 4123-crore one, to construct 30,000 houses for insolvent freedom fighters and their families by June 2023. The approval came…

000 houses, 30, Bangladesh, build, fighters, Freedom, Govt, Housing, insolvent

40 Rohingya leaders in Bhasan Char to see facilities created

September 5, 2020 Lutfun NaharBangladesh, Housing, Migration

Rohingya leaders from Cox’s Bazar camps visited Bhasan Char on Saturday to see facilities over there as the government has planned to relocate some 1 lakh Rohingyas to the island, aiming to ease the pressure on Cox’s Bazar camps.

40 Rohingya leaders, Bangladesh, Bhasan Char, facilities created, Housing, Migration

Work on shifting Rohingyas to Bhasan Char to start soon

February 15, 2020February 15, 2020 Lutfun NaharBangladesh, Housing, Migration

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Saturday said the process of relocating one lakh Rohingyas from Cox’s Bazar camp to Bhasan Char will begin on completion of erecting barbed-wire fences around the Cox’s Bazar camp.

Bangladesh, Bhasan Char, Housing, Migration, Rohingyas, shifting

BGMEA Bhaban demolition work starts

January 22, 2020 editorBangladesh, Housing, Lead News

Dhaka, Jan 22 – The demolition work on the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association building (BGMEA Bhaban) formally started on Wednesday.

Bangladesh, BGMEA, Bhaban, demolition, Housing, starts, work

Jamuna turns disastrous; devours over 200 houses in 2 weeks

July 12, 2019July 12, 2019 Lutfun NaharBangladesh, Disasters, Housing, Last update

Manikganj, July 12 (UNB) – Over 200 houses and other establishments went into the gorge of the Jamuna River in the last two weeks as erosion by the mighty river has taken a serious turn in Shibalaya and Daulatpur upazilas…

devours over 200 houses, in 2 weeks, Jamuna turns disastrous

Dhaka North City Mayor promises to develop city slums

June 9, 2019June 9, 2019 Lutfun NaharBangladesh, Housing, poverty, Urban issues

Dhaka, June 8 (UNB) – Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Atiqul Islam on Saturday said they will take steps to develop slums as well as ensure physical and mental development of slum children. He came up with the remarks…

City Mayor, city slums, Dhaka North, promises, to develop

75pc Rohingya babies born in unsafe, unsanitary shelters

June 4, 2019June 4, 2019 Lutfun NaharHealth, Housing, Migration

Dhaka, June 3 (UNB) – An estimated 75 percent of Rohingya babies are born in the unsafe and unsanitary bamboo shelters in which Rohingyas live, according to an assessment made by Save the Children.  Home births in such conditions put…

75pc, born in unsafe, Rohingya babies, shelters, unsanitary

Pro and anti-Israel protests draw hundreds in Berlin

June 2, 2019June 2, 2019 editorConflicts, Housing, Int’l relations, Lead 1, Military

Berlin, June 2 (AP/UNB) — Hundreds of people including prominent German politicians and members of the Jewish community are protesting against a larger, anti-Israel rally in Berlin. Police in the German capital of Berlin kept the competing protests on Saturday…

and, anti-Israel, draw, hundreds, in Berlin, Palestine, Pro, protests

Floating houses project of BD wins RISK Award for resilience

May 19, 2019May 19, 2019 Lutfun NaharBangladesh, Housing, Last update, Resilience

Dhaka, May 18 (UNB) – A project that pioneers floating houses in Bangladesh has won the prestigious RISK Award 2019. It has been designed in a way so that it can house a family of six, and they can survive…

Bangladesh, Floating houses, Housing, Project, resilience, wins RISK Award

Israel PM vows to annex West Bank settlements if re-elected

April 7, 2019April 7, 2019 Lutfun NaharConflicts, Housing, Land, Lead 1

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has said he will annex Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank if he is re-elected. Israelis go to the polls on Tuesday and Mr Netanyahu is competing for votes with right-wing parties who support annexing…

if re-elected, Israel PM, vows to annex, West Bank settlements

DU students demand removal of outsiders from dorms

April 1, 2019April 1, 2019 Lutfun NaharCampus, Housing, News

Dhaka, Apr 1 (UNB)— Residential students of Dhaka University’s SM Hall demonstrated on early Monday against outsiders staying at the dormitory. They demanded that outsiders and non-students vacate the hall immediately. More than 400 students are forced to stay at the…

demand, DU students, from dorms, removal of outsiders

66 pc buildings in BD capital Dhaka unplanned: Minister

March 31, 2019March 31, 2019 Lutfun NaharHousing, Lead News, Urban issues

Dhaka, Mar 31 (UNB) – Around 66 percent buildings in capital Dhaka and its adjoining areas under the jurisdiction of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) have been constructed in an unplanned way, said Housing and Public Works Minister SM Rezaul Karim. “Of…

66 pc buildings, in BD capital Dhaka, Minister, unplanned

PM for support of all to remove Old Dhaka chemical godowns

February 23, 2019February 23, 2019 editorDisasters, Housing, Housing, Lead News

Dhaka, Feb 23 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday urged all concerned to extend their all-out cooperation removing chemical godowns from Old Dhaka. “It’s regretful that still there are chemical godowns in Old Dhaka despite repeated drives against it,”…

chemical godowns, Old Dhaka's, PM Hasina for, support of all, to remove

72 shanties gutted in N’ganj slum fire

January 21, 2019 Lutfun NaharAccidents, Housing, Last update

A fire that broke out at Chandmari slum in Fatulla early Monday gutted 72 shanties.

72 shanties, gutted in N’ganj, slum fire

Solar energy crowns social housing programme in Brazil

January 8, 2019January 8, 2019 Lutfun NaharColumns, Housing, Int’l relations, Renewable

“Solar energy makes my happiness complete,” said Divina Cardoso dos Santos, owner of one of 740 houses with photovoltaic panels on the rooftops in a settlement on the outskirts of this central Brazilian city.

Brazil, crowns, Energy, Housing, programme, Social, Solar

Cabinet okays draft law to promote hollow bricks, blocks

October 30, 2018 Lutfun NaharGovernance, Housing, Last update

The Cabinet on Monday approved the draft of the Brick Manufacturing and Brick Kilns Establishment (Control) Act, 2018 for giving impetus to the manufacturing of environment-friendly hollow-bricks and blocks. The approval was given at the weekly Cabinet meeting held at…

Brick Kilns Establishment, Brick Manufacturing, The Cabinet

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