Construction industry

Workers of Green Block make eco-friendly concrete blocks. With a daily capacity of producing 30,000 blocks at present, the company aims at making 1.5 lakh pieces a day within next two years. Photo: Mohammad Minhaz Uddin
Economy

Green Block: A journey towards eco-friendly construction

The company manufactures some 30,000 blocks of 22 different sizes per day

Non-compliance of approved designes
Infrastructure

Changing designs, flouting codes

Afsana Rubaiyat. Illustration: TBS
Thoughts

Workers’ safety lies in the rubble of the construction boom

Photo: UNB.
Industry

Pick-up in construction shoots rod prices

Photo: Noor-A-Alam
Panorama

As construction industry hibernates, workers struggle to survive