In a government school in rural Telangana or an urban slum in Hyderabad, morning assembly is often interrupted by a familiar ...

Slum dwellers in Rajshahi city are turning to vegetable cultivation to supplement their income and ensure food security, transforming small and unused spaces into productive green plots. Residents ...

Bangladesh is currently grappling with the severe consequences of unplanned urbanisation. Key metropolitan hubs—including Dhaka, Chattogram, Gazipur, Narayanganj, Mymensingh, and Cumilla—have expanded ...

As the demolition of Makoko continues to raise dust that refuses to settle, the Lagos state government has been advised to ...

Bangladesh stands at a critical juncture in its public health journey. While the country has made remarkable progress since independence, deep structural gaps, rising disease burdens, and growing ...

The coalition of civil society groups described the demolitions as part of a systemic attack on the urban poor, carried out ...

But conditions here are dire, as the slum remains excluded from urban planning. There is no sewage system, no waste ...

As the real estate sector remains a driving force for employment and urban development, CREDAI argues that targeted ...

Survey across slums, labour colonies and worksites found most children dropped out due to poverty and migration; teachers ...

The National Housing Authority (NHA) has revealed that, as part of the Special Presidential Project, it is acquiring and preparing land for the construction of 600 housing units in six pilot counties.

The origin of the term slum can be traced back to the writing of James Hardy Vaux in 1812, where he refers to slums as synonyms with “racket” or “criminal trade” (Davis 2006). The presence of slums ...