British historian Lord Acton's 130-year-old observation that a person's sense of morality diminishes as his/her power increases is true

For four years, Rajuk has been silent on reported incidents of building approvals with forged signatures of the architects concerned, said the president of Institute of Architects Bangladesh (IAB) at a press conference yesterday.

Rajuk is approving commercial buildings in the residential areas of Gulshan and Banani with virtually no height limits and experts are calling it illegal and a recipe for disaster.

That was basically the message realtors had given Rajuk in early November in a views-sharing meeting. Realtors believe it is ludicrous for Rajuk to try and reclaim what has already been grabbed.

The story of how a member of the subordinate staff at Rajuk became the owner of property worth crores of taka published in this paper yesterday reveals the audacious manner in which a government employee has abused his position to amass illegal wealth.

Recently, RAJUK has demolished several shops constructed on illegally occupied parking areas.

Anti-Corruption Commission arrests a “suspended” official of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha for amassing about Tk 1.18 crore illegally.

The government cancels the plots allotted by Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha to war crimes accused.

The Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) and the two Dhaka city corporations have yet to demolish the 321 unsafe buildings the government wanted to see knocked down by May 27.

Govt directs Rajuk and 2 city corporations of Dhaka to demolish within a month the 321 buildings identified as vulnerable, said Disaster Management Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya.

The Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday arrested Rajuk Director AKM Shafiqur Rahman from the city's Segunbagicha in a case of fraud.

The Anti-Corruption Commission has relieved former Rajuk chairman Md Nurul Huda of corruption allegation after primary enquiry, say official sources at the ACC.

The entire Rajuk official records of a building approval was found in the possession of a building owner during a drive to clear illegal occupation of car park on Green Road in the capital yesterday.

A Rajuk bulldozer reached the corporate branch of a private bank on Gulshan Avenue before noon yesterday to clear

Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha would not be able to hand over flats of Uttara Apartment Project to the owners on time and buyers, existing and potential, would literally have to pay for the delays.

Retired additional secretary Abdur Rashid Khan had applied for a residential plot in Rajuk's Uttara Model Town in 1998. Nearly two decades later, all he has is an allotment letter but no plot. Rashid, now quite old, said he had written scores of letters to the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) over the years but all his words fell on deaf ears.

The housing minister says Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) cannot shrug off the responsibility of rampant commercialisation in Dhaka’s residential areas.

Rajuk has launched simultaneous drives in various parts of the city to reclaim footpaths, parking spaces that were being used for other purposes.

Policymakers would do well to pay heed to the call of the DNCC mayor to bring Rajuk and Wasa under the jurisdiction of the city corporations in order to tackle the city's worsening waterlogging problem.

Policymakers would do well to pay heed to the call of the DNCC mayor to bring Rajuk and Wasa under the jurisdiction of the city corporations in order to tackle the city's worsening waterlogging problem.