Slum

Slum dwellers pay more in rent than your average middle-income household. Photo: TBS
Panorama

Why slum eviction drives are not effective

City’s slum populations have been increasing in size for decades now, yet a lack of effective alternative solutions prevails. But why?

Photo: Md Jahidul Islam/TBS
Bangladesh

Poor waste management around Dhaka slum poses health risks

30 hurt as police fire rubber bullets during eviction drive in Ctg slums
Bangladesh

30 hurt as police fire rubber bullets during eviction drive in Ctg slums

Fire at Hazaribagh slum under control
Bangladesh

Fire at Hazaribagh slum under control

File photo of Karail slum in Dhaka. Photo: Salahuddin Ahmed/TBS
Bangladesh

18 lakh people of Bangladesh live in slums

Ctg slum fire guts 33 shanties, man dies from stroke
Bangladesh

Ctg slum fire guts 33 shanties, man dies from stroke

Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Females ahead of males in taking vaccine on 1st day of vaccination in slums

File photo of Karail slum in Dhaka. Photo: Salahuddin Ahmed/TBS
Health

Slum-dwellers get vaccines from Tuesday

Representational Image. Photo: TBS
Covid-19 in Bangladesh

Hunger stalks jobless in city slums

Dr M Mushtaq Hussain
Panorama

 ‘It is a misconception to think we have developed herd immunity’

Representational Photo; Collected
Bangladesh

Uttara's slum fire brought under control

Migrating to the city is difficult for rural poor as they have to live in slums and feed their families with low but daily income. Photo: Mumit M/TBS.
Bangladesh

Slum dwellers face a looming food crisis

Undeterred in the most unhealthy and unsafe conditions
In Focus

Humans of Dhaka slum