World Habitat Day-2026 was celebrated in Bandarban with a rally and discussion meeting under the theme “Public Housing, Sustainable Urbanization”.
A rally was taken out from the premises of the District Commissioner's office on the occasion of the day on Monday (October 5) morning. The rally ends at the conference room of the Deputy Commissioner after circling the main main road of the city. Later a discussion meeting was held there.
Deputy Commissioner of Bandarban was present as the chief guest in the discussion meeting. Saniul Ferdous. Superintendent of Police Md. Ohabul Islam Khandkar, President of Bandarban Press Club Aminul Islam Bachchu, Executive Engineer of Public Works Department Mohammad Shahjahan, Sub-Divisional Engineer (SDE) Md. Gulzar Ahmad and Assistant Engineer Md. Abu Sufian were present as special guests.
Also in the meeting, officials of various public and private departments, president of Bandarban Public Works Department's Sramik-Karmachari Kalyan Samiti. Shah Alam, Md. Forkan and related people were present.
Speakers in the meeting said that safe and quality housing is the basic right of people. Planned urbanization, balancing the environment and ensuring livable housing for all classes of people must work together.
It is important to ensure sustainable and planned urban development taking into account the geographical and environmental realities of the hilly district of Bandarban.
Speakers also said that unplanned urbanization is adversely affecting the environment. So safe for future generations,In order to build a clean and livable city, apart from government initiatives, people's awareness and participation is also needed.
