Slum

From left Adam Auerbach and Tariq Thachil. Illustration: TBS
Thoughts

How did slums survive during the lockdown?

The pandemic has shown that slums need sustained engagement between crises

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

Misery upon misery: slum-dwellers find no way out amid pandemic 

A fire broke out at a slum in the capital on Friday night. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Fire at Kalyanpur slum under control

Why is coronavirus infection rate lower in the slums?
Videos

Why is coronavirus infection rate lower in the slums?

Photo: Pixel Mark/Moment via Getty Images via Bloomberg
Analysis

How densest Asia slum chased the virus has lesson for others

Photo: Minhaj Uddin
Covid-19 in Bangladesh

No aid for 14 lakh Ctg slum dwellers due to incoordination

Residents at the Geneva Camp in Dhaka's Mohammadpur area also fear about their livelihood. The photo was taken on Friday. Photo: TBS
Covid-19 in Bangladesh

‘Not coronavirus, it’s hunger that we fear’

Photo: Reuters
Covid-19 in Bangladesh

COVID-19: Are we preparing the homeless and slum-dwellers?

Photo: Rehman Asad/TBS
Coronavirus chronicle

Slum residents have little protection against Covid-19

Photo: The Business Standard
Bangladesh

Fire breaks out at a Chattogram slum

Photo: Rehman Asad, The Business Standard
Bangladesh

20 shanties, 40 shops gutted in Mirpur fire

Photo: Reuters
Bangladesh

57 percent urban slum dwellers are climate migrants: Study

Sharmin (front) is now the proud karate instructor of 35 adolescent members of the club. Photo: Noor-A-Alam
Features

Korail’s karate girl