DHAKA, Bangladesh(AP) — 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 ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Tuesday said the government plans to bring four crore families headed by women under the Family Card programme within the next five years. “I firmly believe that my ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Tuesday formally launched the government’s “Family Card” program, fulfilling an election pledge aimed at providing financial assistance to ultra-poor families. On the ...

The United Arab Emirates on Wednesday distributed Ramadan food assistance among 1,620 underprivileged families in Bangladesh, ...

Hasen Banu is over 80. In the Korail slum, where her three sons and a daughter also live, she now spends a month at each child’s home.

The findings raised concern over Bangladesh's $30 billion clothes manufacturing industry, which is one of the world's biggest The new report from the London-based Overseas Development Institute has ...

Dubai Bilkis is a victim of the social and economic oppression typical of life in the slums of Bangladesh. She was married off at the age of 11, tortured by her husband’s family for dowry, and finally ...