A five-storey building tilted at Enayet Bazar in Chattogram city on Saturday, forcing the authorities concerned to evacuate its occupants.
Tag: Housing
Ramping up response for Rohingya Refugees after camp fire
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.
Cities urged to lead way to more fair, green, healthy future
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.
Govt to build 30,000 houses for insolvent freedom fighters
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…
ডিসেম্বরের মধ্যেই পূর্বাচলের আদি অধিবাসীরা প্লট পাবেন
ঢাকা, ৩০ নভেম্বর – গৃহায়ন ও গণপূর্ত প্রতিমন্ত্রী শরীফ আহমেদ বলেছেন, আগামী ডিসেম্বরের মধ্যেই পূর্বাচল নতুন শহর প্রকল্প এলাকার আদি অধিবাসী ও ক্ষতিগ্রস্তদের মধ্যে প্লট বরাদ্দ প্রদান করা হবে।
40 Rohingya leaders in Bhasan Char to see facilities created
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.
Stay home? Wash hands? But 1.8b homeless; 3.0b sans 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…
Housing is both a prevention & cure for Covid-19
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…
Slums-Camps, Terrorism: Worry about virus Hitting South Asia
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…
Work on shifting Rohingyas to Bhasan Char to start soon
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.
BGMEA Bhaban demolition work starts
Dhaka, Jan 22 – The demolition work on the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association building (BGMEA Bhaban) formally started on Wednesday.
REHAB Housing Fair may cross last year’s Tk 15bn spot order
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…
Green Steel
By Charlotte KingReprint Beijing, China, Nov 21 2019 (IPS) – How Indonesian craftsmanship is undergoing a revival at the world’s first ‘bamboo university’.
দর্শণার্থীদের পদচারণায় জমে উঠেছে গৃহায়ন মেলা
তিনদিনব্যাপী গৃহায়ন মেলা জমে উঠেছে। ছুটির দিন হওয়ায় রাজধানীর বঙ্গবন্ধু আন্তর্জাতিক সম্মেলন কেন্দ্রের এই মেলায় ক্রেতা-দর্শনার্থীদের পদচারনা মেলা প্রাঙ্গণ ছিল মুখর।
Floating houses project of BD wins RISK Award for 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…
Solar energy crowns social housing programme in Brazil
“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.
COP24: Huge untapped potential in greener construction: UNEP
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”…