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We need to recognise the diversity of the urban poor

When we think of urban poor, we typically think of people living in slums.It’s not quite as simple.

Kidnapped child found in N'ganj

Police rescued a two-and-half-year-old baby boy from a slum in Narayanganj yesterday, a day after he was abducted from a hospital in Dhaka for ransom.

SC upholds injunction on Kalyanpur slum eviction

The Supreme Court has upheld a High Court order that issued an injunction on eviction of the Kalyanpur Pora Slum.

Dreams burnt to ashes (video)

Hundreds of low-income families are now living under the sky, after a devastating fire destroyed their homes and all other belongings.

27 shanties gutted in Ctg

A fire breaks out at Anu-Majhirghat slum in Sadarghat area of Chittagong city.

Fire guts 50 slum houses in Narayanganj

Around 50 houses of a slum have been gutted and five people injured as a devastating fire broke out at a slum in Fatullah in Narayanganj.

Editorial / Urban poor in abject health condition

SLUMS are growing seamlessly with one-third of the urban people already living in them.

KNOT SO TRUE / The Proximity Principle

Most of us live close to each other yet remain dangerously disconnected from our neighbours.

Editorial / Slum dwellers are worse off than villagers in terms of health

APPROXIMATELY 30 to 45 percent of slum dwellers are ill and 60 percent of their children chronically malnourished.

September 17, 2022
September 17, 2022

We need to recognise the diversity of the urban poor

When we think of urban poor, we typically think of people living in slums.It’s not quite as simple.

September 11, 2017
September 11, 2017

Kidnapped child found in N'ganj

Police rescued a two-and-half-year-old baby boy from a slum in Narayanganj yesterday, a day after he was abducted from a hospital in Dhaka for ransom.

January 31, 2016
January 31, 2016

SC upholds injunction on Kalyanpur slum eviction

The Supreme Court has upheld a High Court order that issued an injunction on eviction of the Kalyanpur Pora Slum.

July 24, 2015
July 24, 2015

Dreams burnt to ashes (video)

Hundreds of low-income families are now living under the sky, after a devastating fire destroyed their homes and all other belongings.

July 6, 2015
July 6, 2015

27 shanties gutted in Ctg

A fire breaks out at Anu-Majhirghat slum in Sadarghat area of Chittagong city.

July 3, 2015
July 3, 2015

Fire guts 50 slum houses in Narayanganj

Around 50 houses of a slum have been gutted and five people injured as a devastating fire broke out at a slum in Fatullah in Narayanganj.

May 18, 2015
May 18, 2015

Urban poor in abject health condition

SLUMS are growing seamlessly with one-third of the urban people already living in them.

May 6, 2015
May 6, 2015

The Proximity Principle

Most of us live close to each other yet remain dangerously disconnected from our neighbours.

April 12, 2015
April 12, 2015

Slum dwellers are worse off than villagers in terms of health

APPROXIMATELY 30 to 45 percent of slum dwellers are ill and 60 percent of their children chronically malnourished.

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