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     Volume 4 Issue 32 | February 4, 2005 |


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In this issue

Cover Story

The Costly
Cosmetic Job

What good is a face-lift of a city that that is grappling with problems? With the acute lack of foresight in planning, Dhaka is becoming a mere cluster of apartments and markets. As most urgent needs of housing and city amenities are left unmet, and the last remaining open spaces and water bodies are disappearing in the face of encroachment, how does one translate the effort of beautification?

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