RAJUK’S chief town planner M Ashraful Islam told BSS over the phone a primary survey of theirs across the capital found the ...

Among these, 2,705 educational institutions, 207 hospitals, 36 police stations, and 307 other buildings have undergone the Rapid Visual Assessment (RVA), says Rajuk Executive Engineer Sadiq ...

Syeda Rizwana Hasan, Advisor on Environment, Forest and Climate Change on Monday directed RAJUK and the City Corporation to be strict if it is necessary in assessing the risk of buildings in the ...

Dhaka and Bangladesh's other densely populated cities stand exposed to alarming seismic hazards—an uncomfortable truth underscored by the magnitude 5.7 earthquake that rattled the nation on November ...

The fate of a megacity like Dhaka facing a potential major earthquake depends on its level of preparation, scientific insight, and coordinated action, says the writer. Without these, she adds, an ...

The energy stored beneath Bangladesh will be released eventually; we cannot prevent earthquakes, but we can minimise ...

After last Friday’s 5.7-magnitude earthquake, which caused at least four deaths in Dhaka, experts warned that far greater losses await if the authorities fail to act now.

As anxiety over frequent earthquakes grips the country, the Bangladesh Meteorological Department has issued a fresh warning: ...

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Experts have urged the Bangladesh Government to take immediate action after an earthquake claimed at least 10 lives in the ...

Friday's severe earthquakes damaged at least 300 buildings in Dhaka, with 25 partially collapsed. Among them, Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) has identified five as extremely dangerous and ...

With the country shaken three times in just 32 hours and bearing a history of major earthquakes, experts yesterday urged the government to take immediate and coordinated action to minimise casualties ...