None of the two city corporations of Dhaka planted any trees in the capital in the last two years, leaving the allocations earmarked for that purpose unused. Dhaka South City Corporation environment circle executive engineer Mohammad Towhid Siraj said Tk 10 lakh was allocated for tree plantation for
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Govt fails to protect rivers around city from pollution
Shipping minister Shajahan Khan has admitted that the government has not been able to stop Dhaka City Corporation and the Water Supply and Sewerage Authority from dumping the city’s solid and liquid wastes into the rivers. Expressing particular concern over the dumping
HC clears way for holding DCC elections
The High Court (HC) on Monday cleared the way for holding elections of the split Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) withdrawing its earlier stay order that had suspended all actions initiated by the Election Commission for holding the DCC elections. After concluding the final hearing on the writ petition, the HC bench comprising Justice Naima Haider ... Read more
DSCC assists project working with pavement dwellers
The Dhaka South City Corporation has handed over Tk 5 lakh and a plot of land in the city’s Dhalpur area to Sajida Foundation for construction of a poverty reduction centre to be used for educating around 10,000 homeless pavement-dwelling children and improving their quality of life. The assistance in cash and kind will be used ... Read more
Dhaka city corpns to impose tax on hotel boarders
Boarders at the hotels in the city corporation areas will have to pay up to 5 per cent additional tax along with the rent and the value-added tax. The government is going to introduce ‘city tax’ for boarders at the hotels in the city corporation areas, high officials of the Dhaka city corporations said.
Dhaka city corpns far behind revenue target
The two Dhaka city corporations are far behind in attaining their tax collection targets with Dhaka South so far having collecting in this financial year less than half of the targeted revenue. As of March 2013, the Dhaka South City Corporation collected only Tk 178 crore against a target of Tk 408 crore and Dhaka ... Read more
Renewal of non-motorised vehicles’ licence stalled
Govt deprived of revenues The licence of no non-motorised vehicles in the Dhaka city has not been renewed since 2011 when the erstwhile Dhaka City Corporation was split into two parts. Procedural complexities have been blamed for this, which deprived both the city corporations of the yearly revenues from the sector.
DCC official draws flak from locals
Jatrabari Road DCC official draws flak from locals The Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) administrator was severely rebuked by transport workers and local people at Jatrabari in the capital yesterday while he was accompanying the communications minister to check the condition of roads. Such a situation ensued after a Chittagong-bound luxury bus of Saudia Paribahan
Polls to divided Dhaka city on May 24
The much-awaited elections to the Dhaka North and South city corporations will be held on May 24, the Election Commission announced on Monday. The last elections to the undivided Dhaka city corporation was held in April of 2002 in which Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Sadeque Hossain Khoka was elected mayor and held the
Mosquitoes free to bite
Citizens complain of the menace, 2 DCCs’ adulticide dearth Though the Dhaka City Corporation was bifurcated with a view to improving public service, city dwellers are hardly getting any respite from mosquito menace. Life indoors and outdoors in the capital has become so uncomfortable due to this seasonal boom of mosquitoes. The homeless and security ... Read more
Two bureaucrats appointed to head split DCC
EC rules out poll within 90 days The government Sunday appointed two senior bureaucrats as administrators for the newly split Dhaka City Corporations under the new rules passed in parliament last month. An official announcement said Director General of Bureau of Manpower Employment and Training (BMET) Khorshed Alam Chowdhury has been appointed administrator to DCC ... Read more
Dhaka city sliced into two
JS passes bill in a hurry Parliament on Tuesday passed the Local Government (City Corporation) (Amendment) Bill 2011 dividing Dhaka City Corporation into two entities. The passage of the bill empowered the government to remove the mayor and councillors and appoint two administrators from civil servants or people it deems competent for the two corporations ... Read more
Citizens threaten movement against split
A number of eminent personalities yesterday threatened to launch a greater movement against the government’s decision to split Dhaka City Corporation into two. The government has taken the decision in an “autocratic” manner by ignoring public opinion, they said. They expressed their views at a citizens’ rally organised by the Dhaka City Corporation
Khoka says unofficial bye
Dhaka mayor vows to continue protest After completing his term as the Dhaka City Corporation Mayor, Sadeque Hossain Khoka yesterday said he “as a dweller” will continue his movement against its splitting into two. “If the parliament passes the bill on the split today (Tuesday) it will be the last day for me as a ... Read more
Beautification goes on silently
The government has taken up a massive scheme to beautify the 98-acre area of Dhanmondi Lake in the capital. The Tk 24-crore Dhanmondi Lake Restoration Project got rolling this week, with the work order being issued before the Eid-ul-Azha holidays. Neither the Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) nor any other authority, however, made a formal announcement ... Read more
Civil society united against DCC split
Members of civil society on Thursday observed that splitting Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) would not ensure better civic services rather it would serve the political interests of the ruling Awami League. The observation came at a round-table discussion on “Division of Dhaka City Corporation and Relevant Thought,” which was organised by Sushashoner Jonne Nagorik (Sujan) ... Read more
Move to split DCC gets cabinet nod
In a major move, the Cabinet on Monday approved a proposal to split the Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) into Dhaka City Corporation (North) and Dhaka City Corporation (South) to ensure better administration and civic services in the fast growing highly-populated capital city. The proposal to amend the Local Government (City Corporation) Act, 2009 was approved ... Read more
WASA plans walkways to save Dhaka canals
To protect reclaimed canals from further encroachment, the Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (DWASA) has taken an initiative to build walkways around the canals, to demarcate them permanently. The ministry of finance has already allocated Tk. 8 crore for this purpose, DWASA managing director Taqsim A Khan told reporters, at a press briefing in ... Read more
DCC to introduce solar street lights
The Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) has chalked out a Tk 3.90crore programme to introduce solar street light at Arambagh area initiallyon an experimental basis. If the programme is successful, the streets in the wholeDhaka city will be brought under solar lighting system, said DCC Mayor Sadeque Hossain Khoka in an interview with The New Nation. ... Read more
DCC spends Tk 1bn a yr on road maintenance!
Although Dhaka City Corporation spends more than Tk 1.0 billion annually for maintenance of roads, lanes and by-lanes, it is yet to carry out essential repair work of the major thoroughfares lying decrepit for long. It may sound strange, but the staggering amount is spent for repairing the roads in the fastest growing capital. DCC ... Read more