Rajuk is set to turn land originally earmarked for education and environment preservation into commercial and business plots in its 6,227-acre Purbachal New Town project in the city's outskirts.

The High Court (HC) questions the legality of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartipakkha’s (Rajuk) action to create and allocate new plots through changing the layout plan at Purbachal New Town Project.

Government officials and employees have illegally occupied some 128 houses or residences across the country, Housing and Public Works Minister Mosharraf Hossain tells Parliament.