WORLD WETLANDS DAY / Urban farmers' contribution must be recognised to restore Dhaka's wetlands
Greening practices by slum dwellers receive no formal recognition from urban authorities.
2 February 2025, 02:00 AM
How did the Supreme Court start housing planning for Dhaka’s poor?
On August 20, 1999, over 5,000 slum dwellers mobilised from various informal settlements in Dhaka and gathered in the Supreme Court premises to protest the “wholesale eviction” that was underway that year.
27 May 2022, 18:00 PM
What really happened in Bhashantek?
Between 1998 and 2010, the government of Bangladesh facilitated the construction of an affordable housing complex budgeted at Tk 341.65 crores for urban slum dwellers. However, today slum dwellers occupy only a minute fraction of the apartments allocated for them.
15 February 2020, 18:00 PM
Seeing colours in Korail
The Daily Star recently reported that at least 20 utilities “syndicates” are operating in Korail slum.
19 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Urban farmers' contribution must be recognised to restore Dhaka's wetlands
Greening practices by slum dwellers receive no formal recognition from urban authorities.
2 February 2025, 02:00 AM
How did the Supreme Court start housing planning for Dhaka’s poor?
On August 20, 1999, over 5,000 slum dwellers mobilised from various informal settlements in Dhaka and gathered in the Supreme Court premises to protest the “wholesale eviction” that was underway that year.
27 May 2022, 18:00 PM
What really happened in Bhashantek?
Between 1998 and 2010, the government of Bangladesh facilitated the construction of an affordable housing complex budgeted at Tk 341.65 crores for urban slum dwellers. However, today slum dwellers occupy only a minute fraction of the apartments allocated for them.
15 February 2020, 18:00 PM
Seeing colours in Korail
The Daily Star recently reported that at least 20 utilities “syndicates” are operating in Korail slum.
19 July 2017, 18:00 PM