Thousands of South Asian construction workers went on strike Sunday over harsh working conditions in the latest threat to a spectacular building boom already endangered by a falling currency and labor shortage.
While laborers have long complained about working conditions in this Gulf city known for its avant-garde skyscrapers, luxury dwellings and archipelagoes of artificial islands, [...]

Over 90 percent buildings in the capital have been constructed violating the “Building Construction Code-1996″, according to a study report of Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB).
Every year, Rajuk officials and employees take around Tk 20 to 25 crore in bribe to approve designs of the buildings, the report published at a discussion at Biam auditorium in [...]

Despite widespread anomalies in the construction sector in the capital and elsewhere, Bangladesh National Building Code (BNBC) has been lying ineffective for months because of the government’s indifference to it, said sources.
The BNBC is a complete set of codes to ensure safe construction, accountability of the professionals and protection of urban environment. It addresses all [...]

Urban experts apprehend that Dhaka’s planned urbanisation is set to face a doom with thousands of building plans approved hurriedly over the last few months without considering vital prerequisites, constraints of utility services and physical infrastructures.
As many as 13,500 building plans were approved from January to May this year.