Proposed amendments will worsen Dhaka’s liveability, experts say

Govt should not bow to pressure from real estate developers

Government must do more to save at-risk flood flow zones

But why are we still so complacent?

Are we planning our cities, buildings, and infrastructure in a way that would make the capital safe for our lives and properties?

BADC must stop filling the water retention area in Gabtoli

The ill-conceived plan for limiting Dhaka’s population will ultimately be devastating for the urban scenario of Bangladesh.

How can documents of 30,000 applicants just vanish from its server?

Housing developers' interests are getting in the way of making Dhaka a liveable city

There’s no way to call this a “people’s DAP.” It does mention some goals, but without sketching out a plan to achieve them.

One striking aspect of the DAP document is the geographical scope of Rajuk, in how it signals an expanded Dhaka.

Could the DAP be nothing but a visionless ideal?

DAP must address Dhaka’s perennial waterlogging problem

It is clear just how overpopulated Dhaka city has become

Equitable urban development vital to decentralise Dhaka

City development authorities must address rising challenges and expectations

DAP depicts a vision, but whose vision that is and how it came to be are not clear.

The regulations that DAP recommends can initiate a spree of development in the floodplains and agricultural lands surrounding central Dhaka, posing a serious threat of urban flooding.

The Detailed Area Plan (DAP) for 2022-2035, produced by Rajuk, is a radical and innovative document in the planning history of Dhaka.

Can the new Detailed Area Plan cure Dhaka's ills?