Dhaka, Oct. 27 -- As the gleaming glass towers reshaping Dhaka's skyline, experts warn that the rapid proliferation of high-rise buildings with extensive glass facades is intensifying urban heat, with little attention given to mitigating strategies suitable for tropical climates.

They said sustainable design considerations appear largely overlooked, as the publicly available versions of the Bangladesh National Building Code (BNBC) 2015 and 2020 lack detailed mandatory requirements for glazing performance, such as U-value and solar heat gain coefficient.

According to multiple new studies and environmental experts, the city has witnessed a boom in glass-clad high-rises particularly in Gulshan, Banani, Uttara, Motijheel and Dhanmondi mirro...