ABSTRACT
The problem is that the poor people who migrate to Dhaka city still strongly feel that somehow their problems resolved by migration to the capital city. If the continuous in-migration by the poor is posing a problem for Dhaka city, the same by the rural middle and rich classes hoping to enjoy better security, education, health care, job opportunities and entrepreneurial activities in Dhaka city is no less a problem. Nuclearisation of the family made a significant advance in Dhaka city across the various classes over the two decades due to the pressures of urban living but it was most conspicuous among the poorest and least so among the rich. The richest have acquired much more land in Dhaka city than the middle class has over the two decades. However, the natural growth of population in Dhaka city was not class or education neutral; higher population growth was associated with low income and low education.
