Illegal housing by real estate and developer groups in the Sylhet city and on its outskirts has put the city environment at stake. Housing estates are being developed through encroaching on croplands, water bodies, canals, forestlands and hillocks in the city and its neighbouring
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Stop them, right now
HC again asks Rajuk to stop all activities of illegal housing schemes; stays effectiveness of Ashiyan City’s DoE certificate The High Court yesterday once again directed Rajuk to immediately stop all activities of unauthorised housing projects including their filling of land, advertisements, and selling plots in and around Dhaka. In response to a writ petition, ... Read more
TIB slates legalisation
Illegal Housing TIB slates legalisation Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) yesterday condemned the government’s decision to legalise some illegal housing schemes defying a High Court directive and ignoring environmental impacts. Expressing deep concern over the decision by an inter-ministerial body to “provisionally’ approve the projects, the anti-graft watchdog urged the government to cancel the decision