Land-records

Irregularities and corruption at every stage have become a longstanding feature of the land sector. It is difficult to find anyone who has not faced severe suffering and complications over land related matters. Despite various initiatives taken by successive governments to resolve these problems, the desired results have not been achieved. This time, Bangladesh is planning to restructure its land administration based on South Korea’s successful land management model to resolve these longs...

Dinesh Matubbar, a resident of Parulia Mouza in Baliakandi upazila of Rajbari, has been running from office to office to correct a land record discrepancy. While the SA record shows 26 decimals of land, the BS record lists only 3 decimals. No, local land office officials are not deliberately making Dinesh run around; his correction has been stalled due to limitations in the software system. But Dinesh does not understand such technicalities. One day he goes to one office, the next day to...