Most parents cannot afford proper education, leaving their children vulnerable to crime and ... will continue to trap generations in despair. Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, has over 5,000 slums ...

New Age, a Dhaka-based leading English language daily newspaper, is a major source of news of Bangladesh and international affairs ...

But in Bangladesh, it is a scourge. That's especially so in neighbourhoods such as Mohammadpur, a slum in the capital Dhaka where Kajol ... country representative for the UN children's agency Unicef. ...

Tanzina (17) is a medical technology student from Dhaka. She grew up in Korail with her family.  It’s late afternoon when we ...

The number of children needing emergency treatment for acute malnutrition in the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh has surged 27% amid a decline in funding for the persecuted Muslim community ...

Korail, one of the largest slums in Dhaka, Bangladesh’s capital ... “The land my wife and I live on with our seven children technically belongs to the government,” he tells SWI swissinfo.ch.

Gender-inclusive Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) is not just a women’s issue but a critical development priority, said speakers at a roundtable discussion yesterday.

A fire has broken out at the Sattala slum in Dhaka’s Mohakhali. The incident occurred around 3:45am on Wednesday. As many as five units of firefighters have been working to tame the fire ...