Korail slum

Korail slum

A fire broke out in the capital's Korail Slum on Tuesday, 25 November 2025. Photo: Rajib Dhar/TBS

5-member committee formed to probe Korail slum fire 

The committee has been asked to submit the investigation report within 15 working days, Md Shahjahan Sikder, assistant director of FSCD headquarters, confirmed.

Residents and onlookers arrive in the Korail slum after the fire that burned through the night was finally doused in the morning of 26 November 2025. Photo: Shahriar Azam/TBS

Korail slum dwellers: Where do they come from?

A family sits exhausted by the Gulshan–Banani Lake, clutching the few belongings they managed to save from Tuesday's Korail fire. Photo: Zia Chowdhury/TBS

'Find the children, their mother is crying': Korail fire leaves trail of fear, loss and desperate searches

A fire broke out in the capital's Korail Slum on Tuesday, 25 November 2025. Photo: Rajib Dhar/TBS

Korail fire completely doused after over 16 hours, no casualties reported

People protest the cutting of illegal gas connections in Dhaka on 13 October 2025. Photo: Collected/Facebook

Crackdown on illegal gas connections in Korail slum cuts gas supply in Gulshan

Fire at Korail slum in the capital on 22 February 2025. Photo: Fire service

Fire at Korail Slum under control

Fire burns Kuril slum on 18 December. Photo: Screengrab from video

Fire at Korail slum brought under control within an hour

The so-called Wall of Shame which used to separate the neighbourhoods housing the wealthy and the less fortunate in Lima, Peru. The wall was tore down on 1 September. Photo: DW

The walls of shame, from Lima to the world over

The green iron sheets were provided by Brac after the 2016 fire. Photo: Salahuddin Ahmed

Why are some of the houses in Korail slum green?