A devastating fire in a crowded slum in Bangladesh’s capital has destroyed 1,500 shanties and left thousands homeless ...

This tragedy highlighted the deadly structural weaknesses that make Korail so vulnerable. The slum has one entry point, which ...

Every year, extreme rainfall during the monsoon season, which begins in June and ends in September, results in approximately ...

Sprawling urban areas in Brazil, Nigeria and Bangladesh are all seeing COVID-19 infections rise rapidly. Yet, our research finds, many residents of slums and squatter settlements are not getting the ...

A massive inferno ripped through Dhaka’s Korail slum, one of the largest informal settlements in Bangladesh, leaving thousands homeless and families desperately searching for missing loved ones. The ...

As cities in developing nations grow rapidly, they face the same challenges that Western ones did during the industrial era. Informal neighborhoods pop up, with housing that is cheap but overcrowded, ...

An Exploratory Case study of Korail Slum in Dhaka'. The study found that the slum communities came to the city from different districts and that the earliest inhabitants came from Cumilla district, ...

The Maharashtra government has removed the slum dwellers’ consent clause for cluster redevelopment, but consent will still be needed for non-cluster projects | Real Estate News ...

Faiz Ahmad Taiyeb, the Chief Adviser's Special Assistant on Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology, ...

Odisha government initiates eviction in Salia Sahi slum for road construction; protests erupt as hundreds face homelessness.