housing

DAP: The high stakes of high-rise buildings

Housing developers' interests are getting in the way of making Dhaka a liveable city

No respite from air pollution even at home

Lack of awareness and policy initiatives about indoor air pollution is deeply worrying

PM stresses taking measures to end beggary

Terming beggary a mean job, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina directs the Social Welfare Ministry to take steps for the rehabilitation of those living in the streets and put an end to this malaise across the country.

Jheelpar structure owner arrested (video)

Rab claims arrest of the owner of the Jheelpar structure that caved in two weeks ago and killed a dozen people in Dhaka’s Rampura.

Editorial / Slum dwellers are worse off than villagers in terms of health

APPROXIMATELY 30 to 45 percent of slum dwellers are ill and 60 percent of their children chronically malnourished.

December 25, 2022
December 25, 2022

DAP: The high stakes of high-rise buildings

Housing developers' interests are getting in the way of making Dhaka a liveable city

June 4, 2022
June 4, 2022

No respite from air pollution even at home

Lack of awareness and policy initiatives about indoor air pollution is deeply worrying

January 2, 2016
January 2, 2016

PM stresses taking measures to end beggary

Terming beggary a mean job, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina directs the Social Welfare Ministry to take steps for the rehabilitation of those living in the streets and put an end to this malaise across the country.

May 4, 2015
May 4, 2015

Jheelpar structure owner arrested (video)

Rab claims arrest of the owner of the Jheelpar structure that caved in two weeks ago and killed a dozen people in Dhaka’s Rampura.

April 12, 2015
April 12, 2015

Slum dwellers are worse off than villagers in terms of health

APPROXIMATELY 30 to 45 percent of slum dwellers are ill and 60 percent of their children chronically malnourished.