Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha
Profile
- Head
- Engr. Md. Reazul Islam
- Role
- Chairman
- Annual budget
- n/a
- Staff
- n/a
- Established
- 1987
- Legal basis
- Town Improvement Act, 1953 (East Bengal Act XIII of 1953), as amended by the Town Improvement (Amendment) Act, 1987, which reconstituted the Dacca Improvement Trust (DIT) as Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha with an expanded 1,528 sq km jurisdiction
Provenance & notes
RAJUK was constituted in 1987 under the Town Improvement (Amendment) Act 1987, transforming the Dacca Improvement Trust (DIT, originally 1953) into a wider-jurisdiction authority covering 1,528 sq km. The official website at rajukdhaka.gov.bd and the portal at rajuk.portal.gov.bd are both active; rajuk.gov.bd also resolves. Chairman Engr. Md. Reazul Islam (civil engineer, KUET 1981, President of IEB) was appointed for a two-year term on March 9, 2025, replacing Major General (retd) Siddiqur Rahman Sarkar; his CV is published on the RAJUK portal confirming the March 9, 2025 date. The housing minister as of March 4, 2026 is Zakaria Taher Sumon (BNP); Mirza Abbas was earlier reported as the incoming minister but Zakaria Taher Sumon is the confirmed incumbent. The task brief referenced 'Mirza Abbas RAJUK reform Mar 4' -- the Mar 4 meeting was conducted by Zakaria Taher Sumon, not Mirza Abbas; Mirza Abbas holds a different cabinet portfolio. DAP in-principle approval date (October 19, 2025) confirmed by BSS News (state wire) and Business in Bangladesh; gazette not yet published as of verification date. Demolition drive figure of 3,382 buildings confirmed by TBS, Dhaka Tribune, and Financial Express. Purbachal completion data (96% site, 300/320 km roads, 24,724/26,213 plots) sourced from RAJUK's own project page. Staff count and annual budget in BDT are not publicly disclosed in machine-readable form; fields left null pending official annual report. Activity evidence hold: removed 3 exact generated refresh event(s) on read. Generated scores, positions, activity actions and verification stamps are unavailable. Retained events and unmatched action text require source review; original raw records are unchanged.
Sources
- https://rajukdhaka.gov.bd
- https://rajuk.portal.gov.bd/site/page/fa407266-a9b1-4187-bf87-c48e1e8a5eb0
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajdhani_Unnayan_Kartripakkha
- https://www.commonlii.org/bd/legis/num_act/tia1987308/
- https://rajuk.portal.gov.bd/sites/default/files/files/rajuk.portal.gov.bd/page/814efc0a_2b20_41e9_8b6e_03729d081e2c/2025-03-09-07-15-a90f888cb5606aa63d82f82c17c2e8f5.pdf
- https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/reazul-islam-appointed-chairman-rajuk-1087561
- https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2526797d9080
- https://www.bssnews.net/news/365948
- https://www.bssnews.net/news/365017
- https://www.bssnews.net/news/322902
- https://businessinbangladesh.com.bd/amendments-to-dap-2022-2035-and-draft-dhaka-metropolitan-building-rules-2025-in-principle-approval/
- https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/urbanisation/dap-revision-allows-buildings-twice-tall-experts-fear-more-strain
- https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/no-approval-needed-rajuk-transfer-residential-plots-flats-housing-ministry-1282521
- https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/rajuk-seeks-fivefold-hike-construction-approval-fees-1296821
- https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/397923/major-fee-hike-proposed-for-building-approvals-in
- https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/urbanisation/illegal-portions-3382-buildings-be-demolished-rajuk-chairman-1121861
- https://thefinancialexpress.com.bd/home/rajuk-to-demolish-3382-buildings-in-dhaka-for-design-violations-says-chairman
- https://rajuk.gov.bd/site/project/fdd1a995-7887-408a-a4da-ac82f7f25bb9/nolink/-
- https://wplrs.rajuk.gov.bd/wplrs/ProjectList.aspx