Karail slum

Karail slum

Chief Adviser’s Special Assistant on Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Faiz Ahmad Taiyeb. File Photo/BSS

Govt has no plan to build any establishment in Korail slum: Taiyeb

About 43 acres land of Korail slum belongs to Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority, and the authority has never taken the land under its possession, he said.

An aerial view of the densely populated Korail slum. File Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain

40 years of Korail slum: Tangled tales of land grab and legal disputes

Korail spreads across about 99 acres of land, tucked under wards 19 and 20 of the Dhaka North. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain

Korail: A community that dreams, dares and does

The slum area is gradually extending towards the Gulshan Lake side by land reclamation and filling the waterbody with waste. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain

The tale of Korail, a city inside a city

Fire at Karail slum brought under control

Fire at Karail slum brought under control

Photo: TBS

Over 4,000 inoculated in Karail slum on 2nd day of vaccination drive