Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha

department · verified (verified 2026-05-17)

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Head: Engr. Md. Reazul Islam
Role: Chairman
Annual budget: —
Staff: —
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

Executing DAP (2022-2035) revision approved in principle October 2025 -- pending gazette publication -- which raises building height limits 2-4 storeys across most of Dhaka and doubles FAR in peripheral zones; advancing demolition drives against 3,382 non-compliant buildings; implementing the November 2025 reform that removes RAJUK approval from residential plot/flat transfers; responding to Housing Minister Zakaria Taher Sumon's March 4, 2026 anti-harassment directive aimed at making RAJUK people-friendly; Purbachal New Town at 96% site completion (300 of 320 km roads built, 24,724 of 26,213 plots handed over); Uttara 3rd Phase (Sectors 15-18) in final civil works phase after 22 years.

Recent activity

2026-03-04 reform Housing and Public Works Minister Zakaria Taher Sumon held a views-exchange meeting at RAJUK conference room and directed officials to eliminate repeated citizen office visits, file-processing delays, and service harassment; stated the government would transform RAJUK into a people-friendly, corruption-free institution and warned that no leniency would be shown to officials responsible for causing public suffering. ↗↗
2025-10-19 regulation Advisory committee gave in-principle approval to DAP (2022-2035) amendments and the draft Dhaka Metropolitan Building Rules-2025; revisions merge 275 population-density blocks into 68, raise building height limits by 2-4 storeys across most areas, double FAR in some peripheral zones (Keraniganj, Hemayetpur, Kanchpur), merge minor watercourses into no-build flood-flow zones, require 50% of block-based development for parks, mandate STPs on plots of 5 kathas or more, and abolish the five-yearly occupancy certificate renewal. ↗↗↗
2025-11-10 reform Ministry of Housing and Public Works issued gazette notification eliminating RAJUK approval requirement for transfer of residential plots and flats developed under the ministry or affiliated bodies; transfers now processed directly at sub-registrar offices with a fixed fee of 2% (flats) or 3% (plots) of deed value as NTR, with RAJUK prior approval still required only for plot subdivision or master-plan changes. ↗↗
2025-11-18 regulation RAJUK forwarded to the Ministry of Finance a proposal under the draft Construction Rules 2025 to raise construction approval fees up to fivefold: base plan approval fees rising from Tk 1,000 to Tk 5,000; fees for a 3,000 sq m building rising from Tk 26,000 to Tk 150,000; fees for a 30,000 sq m structure rising from Tk 207,000 to Tk 1.5 million; a new Tk 5,000-per-katha charge proposed for multi-unit residential blocks. ↗↗
2026-02-01 regulation RAJUK Chairman announced plans to demolish non-compliant portions of 3,382 buildings under construction in the RAJUK jurisdiction that violated approved designs; demolition to proceed in phases starting with utility disconnections, criminal cases, design cancellations, and sealing; mobile court operations being conducted regularly. ↗↗↗

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.

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