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Evicted IG gate slum. Photo: TBS

50-year-old IG Gate slum evicted amid drug trade allegations

Police say 29 drug-related cases were filed and 389 people were sentenced through mobile courts in the area between 2025 and September 2026.

Lucky has been sewing bridal veils for 15 years, and now heads an informal team of eight to 10 artisans in the slum. Photo: Mehedi Hasan

Inside a Mirpur slum, bridal dreams are sewn for as low as Tk10

Photo: Google Maps

Fire at Mirpur-14 slum under control

Rajuk Chairman Md Riazul Islam during an inspection visit at Uttara on 2 May 2025. Photo: TBS

Rajuk plans to build Shaheed Mir Mugdho Park after slum eviction in Uttara

Representational image. Photo: Collected

Fire destroys 14 homes in Chattogram’s CRB slum

Photo taken this morning (6 March 2025) shows fire burning through shanties at the BRP slum in Dhaka's Bhashantek area. Photo: Courtesy

Fire at BRP slum in Bhashantek under control

Embroidery is a lifeline for many women in the Bhola slum. Earning a mere Tk25 per embroidered scarf, women work long hours to earn enough for the day. Photo: Courtesy

Bhola slum: Meghna's gift for Dhaka

Sketch: TBS

Dhaka's informal settlements: Redefining urban planning for an inclusive future

Residents of the slum besieged the office of the Barishal Metropolitan Police (BMP) commissioner after hearing the news of Maya’s death, demanding the arrest of those responsible, on Sunday, 3 November 2024. Photo: TBS

Woman injured in Barishal slum clash dies

Photo: TBS

Banani Godown Slum fire: 'At least you're alive. Be grateful', mother tells daughter

Photo: TBS

Banani Godown Slum fire doused after 3 hours

The Kallyanpur Pora (burnt) Basti is called such because a fire had gutted the slum, partially or completely, eight to 10 times in the last 30 years. Photo: Rajib Dhar

What about the right to housing of Dhaka's poor?

Firefighters try to douse the fire in Mirpur-14 on 15 February 2024. Photo: UNB

50 shanties gutted in Baganbari slum fire