Dhaka, Oct. 4 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Sunday said the government is preparing master plans for every City Corporation and district in the country to ensure planned urbanisation.

"The present government considers 'housing for all' not merely as ensuring a house, but as an integrated guarantee of safe water, sanitation, a clean environment and necessary civic services. So, the government is preparing master plans for every city corporation and district with the aim of planned urbanisation," he said.

The Prime Minister said this in a message issued on the eve of World Habitat Day 2026 to be observed in Bangladesh as elsewhere across the world on Monday with the theme "Adequate Housing for All".

He said the institutional founda...