Flouting Detailed Area Plan and Dhaka's perilous future

The first Master Plan for the planned development of Dhaka City was prepared during the decade of 1950s having a time-span of 20 years covering an area of 320 square miles or 820 square kilometres. The then Dhaka Improvement Trust (DIT), now Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripaksha (Capital Development Authority or RAJUK),...

Building resilience in a two-degree warmer world

The world is getting warmer. And even if the Paris Agreement goals are achieved, we may still see a temperature increase of more than two degrees, the benchmark established by climate scientists to avoid a climate catastrophe.For this reason, we believe that strengthening the resilience of households, communities, businesses, and...