Dhaka, Nov. 1 -- The government has taken an initiative to recover encroached land and help the real owner get it back through an administrative process.

A high official at the Ministry of Land says according to the Land Crime Prevention and Remedy Act 2023, if a real owner's land is encroached by others, it can be recovered through an administrative process and the land owner does not need to go to court to settle the issue.

In the past, if land was encroached, the real owner had to file a title suit with the court to get it back - a process that took years while the victim had to bear the litigation costs as well.

Land grabbers took advantage of this lengthy legal process and bureaucratic complexities. But with the new land act, they...