The Star Weekend published an article titled “Tenants: At the mercy of landlords” on January 26. Every year many students and jobseekers from rural areas go to Dhaka to explore their opportunities. But Dhaka's house rent, which has only been skyrocketing over the years, is a massive problem. Moreover, some groups of people such as students, bachelors and working women are turned away by homeowners driven by greed and prejudice.

I would like to urge the government to set up a regulatory body to oversee the arbitrary increase of house rent every year and enact a law to declare that discrimination based on religion, gender and ethnicity is illegal.