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Vol. 5 Num 1139

Sun. August 12, 2007


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Star City

Aiding customers to identify genuine private housing projects
Rajuk move to make public a list of approved developers
Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) is set to make public a list of approved private housing projects to make people aware of illegal projects and stop fraudulence by a section of developers who are

Making shoe-forma was never a carefree career for Ali
Hazrat Ali, a shoe-forma (measurement of a shoe) maker, was working with his mallet and chisels in his little shop in Aga Sadeq Road in old Dhaka, patiently paring away a small wooden beam and gradually

Hawkers returning to footpath
Hawkers are coming back again with their merchandises to occupy city's footpaths from where they were evicted soon after the present caretaker government took over.

Rickshaw Graveyard

Fund crisis delays proposed underpass at Shahbagh
DCC now plans to build footbridges at two points there
Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) has not started construction of the planned underpass at Shahbagh intersection as the project proposal is yet to get approval from the Planning Commission.

City dwellers welcome move for one-stop bill payment system
City dwellers may see their long-standing hassle in paying utility bills disappear under government proposals to simplify the utility bill payment system.

Easy access to drugs...