Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) has plans to build a residential city like the one in Italy's Venice at the Turag river basin stretching between Amin Bazar and the flat flow zone area crossing Ashulia Road.
On a lawsuit brought forth by a women’s association of the indigenous Kukama people. The association sought recognition of the intrinsic rights of the Marañón River. The judgement is part of a broader constitutional trend towards recognizing nature’s own rights. This movement is notably being driven by Latin American nations where indigenous perspectives on nature emphasize the intrinsic link between a healthy environment and the realization of human rights, thereby softening the adversarial stance between anthropocentrism and ecocentrism. As such, this jurisprudence may serve as catalyst for the ecological constitutional evolution of Western legal systems.
Strategically, Mirpur stands as the central point of Dhaka’s Metro network, making residents of the area the biggest beneficiaries of the megaproject. But the rise of Mirpur itself is a century-old story