A massive fire tore through one of Dhaka’s largest slums on Tuesday evening (November 25, 2025), leaving thousands of people homeless and turning rows of tin-roofed shanties into charred rubble, ...

DHAKA: A fire in a crowded slum in Bangladesh's capital has burned or damaged 1,500 shanties, leaving thousands homeless, authorities said Wednesday. No casualties were reported. The blaze, which ...

A fire that broke out in the Korail slum in Dhaka was fully extinguished after 16 hours, according to the Fire Service and Civil Defence Department. The agency confirmed on Wednesday at 9:30am that ...

DHAKA, Nov 26 (Reuters) - A massive fire tore through one of Dhaka’s largest slums on Tuesday evening, leaving thousands of people homeless and turning rows of tin-roofed shanties into charred rubble, ...

The Maharashtra Housing Department released a Government Resolution (GR) on November 13, introducing a new approach to slum cluster development in the state. The policy, approved by the Maharashtra ...

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Mumbai: With less than two months to go, the state govt has met only 25% of its target of building 1.5 lakh slum rehab tenements from 2022-25. Only 37,560 tenements were completed and occupation ...

Despite Rs 175 crore spent in four years, just 58 slums cleared across state; 45 lakh people living in ramshackle housing Even as Bengaluru positions itself as India’s tech capital, it continues to ...

MUMBAI: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Thursday razed 42 slum structures along SVP Nagar Road in Andheri west to clear land for a 100-metre connector bridge, a crucial link in the ...

WSJ explains how the Trump administration is able to provide $20 billion to Argentina and why it is propping up an ideological ally. Photo: Ksenia Shaikhutdinova/WSJ BUENOS AIRES—For decades, the poor ...

Mumbai: The state cabinet on Tuesday approved the implementation of the slum cluster redevelopment scheme through Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) for projects on large private, govt, and semi-govt ...