RAJUK Bhaban
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| RAJUK Bhaban | |
|---|---|
রাজউক ভবন | |
.jpg) RAJUK Bhaban in 2015 | |
 Interactive map of the RAJUK Bhaban area | |
| Former names | DIT Bhaban |
| General information | |
| Location | Rajuk Avenue, Dilkhusha, Dhaka |
| Coordinates | 23°43′35″N 90°24′57″E / 23.7263°N 90.4159°E |
| Owner | Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha |
RAJUK Bhaban (Bengali: রাজউক ভবন) is the head office of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK), which is the capital development authority of the government of Bangladesh. RAJUK Bhaban is situated at RAJUK Avenue, Dilkhusha, Dhaka-1000.
RAJUK Bhaban was established in 1956 as the head office of the Dhaka Improvement Trust (DIT). At that time, the building was called DIT Bhaban. It was designed by architect, Abdulhusein M. Thariani, who was a diploma architect of West Pakistan. The foundation stone was laid on 10 December 1956 by H. S. Suhrawardy, who was the prime minister of Pakistan at that time. The DIT Bhaban was where the first transmissions of television in East Pakistan have been commenced and has since been the headquarters of the Dacca station of Pakistan Television Corporation, later renamed to Bangladesh Television, and has remained that way even after Bangladesh's independence in 1971. However, in 1975, as the new headquarters have been constructed in Rampura, Bangladesh Television moved all its offices and studios to the new building from the DIT Bhaban.[1][2]
It was renamed RAJUK Bhaban on 30 April 1987, when RAJUK was established, replacing the Dhaka Improvement Trust (DIT).