Although there is an annual rent hike at the slum, landlords also increase the rent when accidents like...

Some 500 shanties were burnt in the fire that apparently originated from a food shop in the slum

Will anything change now?

On a spot visit, it was seen that some volunteer organisations had been providing clothes and healthcare...

More than 40,000 people have been affected as fire guts over 500 shanties at Korail slum in Dhaka’s Mohakhali...

The fire at Dhaka's Korail slum has been put out

Arsonists cannot be allowed to get away with a mere slap on the wrist

The recent Korail slum fire is only one example of a familiar pattern

Of course, it is the poor who are being evicted and expelled