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Housing for the poor, strategies and options

Poverty prevent people from accessing potential housing options, and make others hard to sustain. There are significant linkages between housing and poverty. These have impact on people's lives and livelihood. As such, these linkages deserve greater attention so that they can be properly addressed. Focusing on current location, situation, practices and existing law for the housing for the poor, and to find possible strategies and options according to those issues, Bangladesh Urban Forum and Habitat for Humanity Bangladesh jointly organized a round table discussion on the topic “Housing for the poor; strategies and options”. Mostafa Quaium Khan, Advisor, Bangladesh Urban Forum moderated the round table. Dr. Shahidul Amin, Professor, Architecture Department of the BUET, in his discu...

Bangladesh eager to learn from Korea’s experience

Korea’s fast economic development is a role model for Bangladesh, which aims to become a middle-income country in seven years, the Ambassador of Bangladesh says. Zulfiqur Rahman, who was appointed to Korea about 11 months ago, praised Korea for its rapid transformation and ethical world culture, all of which his country has tried to learn. “We in Bangladesh envy the Korean model of development,” the ambassador said at a luncheon hosted by the Embassy of Bangladesh at Lotte Hotel Seoul on April 20. [caption id="attachment_22898" align="alignleft" width="540"]Korea

Seismic retrofit and a step forwards building safety

Public Works Department (PWD) under the Ministry of Housing and Public Works (MoHPW) and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) launched a Project on Promoting Building Safety for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Public Buildings in Bangladesh (BSPP) at Lake Shore Hotel, Gulshan, Dhaka on Saturday. Vice Chancellor, University of Asia Pacific Prof. Jamilur Reza Choudhury, as the Chief Guest. Joint Secretary of Ministry of Housing and Public Works, Rahamat Ullah Mohd. Dastagir, ndc, as well as Additional Chief Engineer of Public Works Department, Syed Azizul Haq, as special guest, and Chief Representative of JICA Bangladesh Office, Mr. Mikio Hataeda as the Guest of

BBSL Board Meeting on 28 April, 2016

bbs As per Company’s information, a Board of Directors Meeting of Bangladesh Building Systems Ltd. will be held on 28 April, 2016 at 7.00 pm. to consider, among others, Unaudited financial statements of the company for the Third Quarter (Q3) period ended on March 31, 2016.

Violence drops, not irregularities in third phase of UP POLLS

The election to 614 union parishads in the third phase of UP polls yesterday saw some stray incidents of violence and electoral irregularities, including ballot-stuffing and taking of polling stations mostly by ruling party men. Polls violence left one dead in Pabna and more than 200 injured in 10 districts. The injured include 11 journalists and four policemen, two of whom were hit by bullets. The extent of violence in this phase was much less compared to the previous two phases in which more than 40 people were killed and several hundred injured. Yesterday's polls, however, were marred by electoral irregularities as in the previous two phases of elections. In the evening, Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmed told reporters that though there were some stray incidents...
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