Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk)

Quake defences delayed by red tape

Govt must urgently open the quake safety assessment facility
24 November 2025

Server hack: Rajuk services halted for over 2 months

Mohammad Ali, another resident from Basabo, said, “My building’s approval was stuck for six months. This problem has already added two more months to the delay.”
25 July 2025

Will corruption ever leave RAJUK?

Govt must ensure transparency and accountability in this institution
20 July 2025

In revising DAP, we must resist undue real-estate pressure

Proposed amendments will worsen Dhaka’s liveability, experts say
28 March 2025

It’s time our youth used their right to information

NGOs and activists still promoting the RTI law, however, tell us there have been recent indications of interest among youths in exercising the law.
15 January 2025

DAP must enhance Dhaka’s liveability

Govt should not bow to pressure from real estate developers
7 December 2024

Rajuk seals off 12 restaurants at Dhanmondi's Gawsia Twin Peak

Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) today sealed off 12 restaurants inside the Gawsia Twin Peak building on Dhanmondi Satmasjid Road
4 March 2024

A big earthquake may no longer be a distant risk

But why are we still so complacent?
3 December 2023

What if an earthquake of 6.9 magnitude hits Dhaka?

Are we planning our cities, buildings, and infrastructure in a way that would make the capital safe for our lives and properties?
18 September 2023

Can a state institution just gobble up land?

BADC must stop filling the water retention area in Gabtoli
26 April 2023

Latest Rajuk blunder may be costly for residents

How can documents of 30,000 applicants just vanish from its server?
30 December 2022

Demolition of BGMEA building begins

Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk)—the capital development authority—finally begins demolition of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) building.
22 January 2020

95pc structures in Rajuk area non-compliant

Over 95 percent of the structures under Rajuk’s jurisdiction were built without building approval, according to survey findings for the ongoing revision of the capital city’s Detailed Area Plan (DAP).
4 October 2019

Holding Rajuk Accountable: Ministry failed to play its part

Repeated tragic deaths and loss of property in fire and building disasters in the capital could have been averted had the housing and public works ministry as the administrative authority held Rajuk duly accountable for its job, said serving and former top officials.
3 August 2019

FR Tower design forgery: SC clears way for 2 Rajuk officials’ arrest

The Supreme Court clears way for the Anti-Corruption Commission to arrest two officials of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha in a case filed for forgery over the design of FR Tower in Dhaka’s Banani.
29 July 2019

All in scary conditions

Building and fire safety conditions in all the 1,818 high rises under Rajuk’s jurisdiction are scary, its chairman Md Abdur Rahman said yesterday.
4 May 2019

BGMEA building to be dismantled with controlled demolition

The BGMEA building will be demolished by using controlled demolition method (blasting with explosives), ASM Raihanul Ferdous, project director of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) says.
16 April 2019

Rajuk starts survey to identify building code violators

Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) launches a two-day survey in Dhaka to find out buildings constructed flouting the building codes.
1 April 2019

Rajuk's former stenographer jailed for 11yrs

The High Court (HC) sentences a former stenographer of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) to 11 years in prison around two years after he was acquitted by the lower court in a corruption case.
3 March 2019

Rajuk code flouted in 66pc buildings

Housing and Public Works Minister SM Rejaul Karim yesterday told the parliament that 66 percent of buildings in the capital were constructed violating building code of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk).
3 February 2019