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5-storey building tilts in Chittagong: Residents evacuated

April 11, 2021 editorBangladesh, Housing

A five-storey building tilted at Enayet Bazar in Chattogram city on Saturday, forcing the authorities concerned to evacuate its occupants.

5-storey, building, evacuated, Housing, in Chittagong, residents, tilts

Ramping up response for Rohingya Refugees after camp fire

April 1, 2021 editorFood & nutrition, Housing, Lead News

United Nations agencies have stepped up their efforts to assist thousands of Rohingya refugee families left homeless after last week’s devastating fire at the Kutupalong refugee camp in southern Bangladesh.

after, camp fire, for, Housing, Migration, Ramping up, response, Rohingya refugees

Cities urged to lead way to more fair, green, healthy future

March 30, 2021 editorHousing, Urban issues

A new report on pandemics and cities from UN-Habitat, points the way to how hard-hit urban centres can reduce the impact of future outbreaks and become more equitable, healthy and environmentally friendly.

Cities, future, Green, Healthy, Housing, lead, more fair, Urban issues, urged to, way to

1,480 homeless families get low-cost housing in Faridpur

December 23, 2020 editorBangladesh, Housing, Lead News

The government’s allocation of low-cost houses to some 1,480 homeless families of Faridpur under the Asrayan-2 project, as promised by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to mark the Mujib Centennial, has brought smiles all around, among those who usually have very…

1480 homeless families, Bangladesh, get, in Faridpur, low-cost housing

EU for UN’s technical, protection survey of Bhasan Char camp

September 25, 2020 editorBangladesh, Housing, Migration

Dhaka, Sept 25 – European Union (EU) Ambassador to Bangladesh Rensje Teerink has laid emphasis on visits by UN technical and humanitarian protection teams to Bhasan Char though Rohingya leaders recently expressed satisfaction over the situation there.

created for, EU for, of Bhasan Char camp, protection survey, the Rohingya, UN’s technical

PM donating house to beggar who gave his savings for others

August 15, 2020 editorBangladesh, Housing, The unusual

Dhaka, Aug 15 – The Sherpur beggar, who has earned praise for providing his savings for helping Covid-19-hit people, has drawn the attention of the Prime Minister and is going to receive a modern house as a gift from her…

Stay home? Wash hands? But 1.8b homeless; 3.0b sans water

May 15, 2020 editorHousing, Lead News, Op-Ed, Water

By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, May 14 2020 (IPS) – The relentless battle against the devastating coronavirus pandemic has been underlined by several widespread advisories from health experts – Stay home. Wash your hands. Wear mask. Keep social distance. But…

3.0b sans water, But 1.8b homeless, Housing, Opinion, stay home, Wash hands?

Housing is both a prevention & cure for Covid-19

May 14, 2020May 14, 2020 editorHousing, Op-Ed, Society

By Maimunah Mohd Sharif and Leilani Farha NAIROBI, Kenya, May 13 2020 (IPS) – Public health officials are calling the “stay home” policy the sacrifice of our generation. To flatten the curve of COVID-19 infections, this call of duty is…

Both, Covid-19, cure, for, Housing, IS, Prevention, Society

Slums-Camps, Terrorism: Worry about virus Hitting South Asia

April 1, 2020 editorHousing, Op-Ed

By Samira Sadeque UNITED NATIONS, Mar 30 2020 (IPS) – As coronavirus makes its way through different continents, countries, and communities around the world having claimed more than 23,000 lives, experts are ringing alarm bells about the implications of the…

camps, health, Hitting, Housing, Opinion, Slums, South Asia, terrorism, Virus, Worry about

Greece Suspends Asylum as Turkey Opens Gates for Migrants

March 3, 2020 editorHousing, Migration

The military deployed troops to the Greek border with Turkey, warned migrants by text message not to cross and announced summary deportations.

as Turkey, asylum, for, gates, Greece, Human rights, migrants, Migration, opens, suspends

REHAB Housing Fair may cross last year’s Tk 15bn spot order

December 27, 2019 editorBangladesh, Housing

Dhaka, Dec 27 – The REHAB fair on Friday experienced a crowd of customers who showed much more interest in buying both apartments and plots, which, according to organisers, might help surpass their last year’s spot order record of around…

Bangladesh, Business, cross, fair, Housing, Last, May, order, REHAB, spot, Tk 15bn, years

San Francisco opens first parking area for homeless vehicle dwellers

December 13, 2019 Lutfun NaharEnvironment, Housing

San Francisco has opened its first safe parking area for people who are living in vehicles, with an aim to remove homeless people from the streets amid a rising homelessness crisis in the western coastal U.S. city.

homeless people, San Francisco, USA, vehicle dweller

Green Steel

November 22, 2019 editorHousing, Op-Ed, Think green

By Charlotte KingReprint Beijing, China, Nov 21 2019 (IPS) – How Indonesian craftsmanship is undergoing a revival at the world’s first ‘bamboo university’.

Green, Housing, Opinion, steel

Turn waste into wealth: World Habitat Day – clean up cities

October 8, 2019 editorHousing

7 October 2019 – Waste can have a devastating effect on public health, the environment, and the climate, but cutting-edge innovation and technology can provide improved, cheaper solutions to the challenge, and help cities and communities to see waste as…

Cities, clean-up, into, Turn, waste, wealth, World Habitat Day

BNP MP Rumeen withdraws petition for land amid criticism

August 28, 2019 editorBangladesh, Housing, Politics

Dhaka, Aug 27 – Rumeen Farhana, the BNP MP from the reserved seat for women has withdrawn her application for a plot of land at the Purbachal Residential Area in Dhaka after the request went viral on social media, prompting…

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Heavy rains drench Rohingya camps: UNHCR

July 5, 2019July 5, 2019 Lutfun NaharHousing, Migration, Rain

Dhaka, July 5 (UNB) – Three days of incessant rains in Bangladesh have destroyed 273 shelters and injured 11 people in Cox’s Bazar Rohingya camps, said UNHCR on Friday. “We remain on high alert, ready to deploy additional emergency response…

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‘Born a refugee, I dream of a place called home’

June 22, 2019June 22, 2019 editorHousing, Human rights, Life, Migration

By Mohammed On World Refugee Day, personal reflections of a young Palestinian from the Gaza Strip CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, USA, Jun 20 2019 (IPS) – I am a refugee, born to a refugee family. I was granted that status…

‘Born, a refugee, called, home, Human rights, I dream, of a place

Palestinians vow to battle illegal Israeli confiscations

May 30, 2019May 30, 2019 editorConflicts, Housing, Int’l relations, Land, Op-Ed, Words of faith

Palestinians pledge to continue the dream of passing land to their children and grandchildren amid accelerating seizures By Shatha Hammad Tayseer Ataya stands, leaning on his cane and gazing at his plot of land on Risan hill, west of Ramallah.…

battle, confiscations, Conflicts, illegal, Israeli, Palestinians, Settlements, vow to

Bonda tribe of India’s Odisha hit by changing climate

May 22, 2019May 22, 2019 editorclimate, Global warming, Housing, Int’l relations, Lead 1

by Tanmoy Bhaduri The Bonda people, living in hilltop villages on the Kondakamberu mountain range in Odisha, are one of the 13 Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) in the state. • Rising temperatures and deforestation, along with poor development and…

Bonda tribe, by, changing, Climate., hit, of India’s Odisha

UNDP launches waste clean-up campaign in Teknaf

April 30, 2019April 30, 2019 Lutfun NaharHousing, Migration, wastes

Dhaka, Apr 30 (UNB) – In response to Rohingya influx, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Tuesday launched a month-long waste clean-up campaign in nine wards of the Teknaf Municipality to clean up and recover wastes. During the inaugural session…

clean-up campaign, in Teknaf, launches, UNDP, waste

2 owners of fire-ravaged Dhaka highrise sent to jail

April 9, 2019April 9, 2019 editorCourts law, Disasters, Fire, Housing

Dhaka, April 8 – A Dhaka court on Monday sent the two owners of FR Tower to jail in connection with the case filed over the devastating fire that ripped through the high-rise building on March 28 killing 26 people.…

2 owners, Bangladesh, Dhaka-highrise, of fire-ravaged, sent to jail

Mother, 3 kids burned in Dhaka kitchen gas cylinder blast

April 7, 2019April 7, 2019 Lutfun NaharAccidents, Bangladesh, Housing

Dhaka, Apr 6 (UNB) – A woman and her three children sustained burn injuries in a gas cylinder blast in the city’s Kadamtali area on Saturday night. The victims are Fatema Begum, 35, her sons Rafi, 11, and Safawan, 5, and…

3 kids burned, gas cylinder blast, in Dhaka kitchen, Mother

Dhaka highrise devastated by fire declared unusable

April 1, 2019April 1, 2019 editorDisasters, Housing, Human rights, Last update, Urban issues

Dhaka, March 31 –The FR Tower, where a deadly blaze on last Thursday killed 26 people, is declared as “unusable until further notice” by a government probe committee as not only the building is badly fire-gutted but also has evinced…

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Dhaka South Mayor asks for demolishing illegal building

March 31, 2019March 31, 2019 editorAccidents, Bangladesh, Death, Housing, Last update, Urban issues

Dhaka, March 31 – Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Mohammad Sayeed Khokon yesterday challenged Rajdhani Unnyan Katripakkha (RAJUK) to demolish a building owned by an influential person. “No one in the city believes that any building owned by an…

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UN urges BD govt not to relocate Rohingya refugees

March 26, 2019March 26, 2019 NaimHousing, Int’l relations, Last update, Migration

Dhaka, March 25 – United Nations (UN) on Monday urged the govt of Bangladesh not to relocate Rohingyas to Bhasan Char before reaching a consensus with them on the modalities. Appreciating the Bangladesh government’s move to decongest the overcrowded settlements…

BD, Govt, not to, relocate, Rohingya refugees, UN, urges

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,”…

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46 illegally built religious structures on rivers

February 14, 2019February 14, 2019 editorHousing, Land, Last update

Dhaka, Feb 13 – The government has decided to relocate 46 religious structures that built illegally alongside the riverbanks of Buriganga, Turag and Shitlakhya. The shipping ministry has given responsibility to the mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) to…

46 illegally built, on rivers, religious, structures

Climate Change on the Menu

December 9, 2018 editorAdaptation, Biodiversity, Columns, Global warming, Housing, Think green

By Riccardo Valentini Vitero, Itali – When we think about winning the fight against climate change, most people concentrate on reducing greenhouse-gas emissions from cars, trucks, and other machines powered by fossil fuels. But while these emissions sources are certainly…

Climate change, on the Menu

COP24: Huge untapped potential in greener construction: UNEP

December 8, 2018December 8, 2018 NaimAdaptation, Housing, Lifestyle, Mitigation, Think green

Dec 7 – Noting some progress in greening the global construction industry, the United Nations environment agency (UNEP) co-released a report on Friday at the COP24 climate conference in Katowice, Poland, sounding the alarm on the need for “dramatic action”…

COP24, Housing, Huge untapped potential, in greener construction, UNEP

ACC drive against illegal possession of govt quarters

December 7, 2018December 7, 2018 NaimCrime, Housing, Metro, Police

Dhaka, Dec 7 – The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has started drive against illegal occupation of the government quarters by some officials in Dhaka and Chattagram.

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