People look on to the slum that burnt out in Dhaka People look on to the slum that burnt out in Dhaka DHAKA (Reuters) - About 3,000 people in Bangladesh were left homeless after a massive fire ...

Every year, tens of thousands of people in Japan go missing on purpose to get a second shot at life. The South China Morning Post spoke to two men who have disappeared from their old lives. "I was ...

According to Global Wealth Report 2015, half of world’s wealth is now in the hands of 1% of population. In Manila, the Philippines’s capital, there is also a deep divide between the rich and the poor.

MUMBAI: In a move that will expedite the redevelopment of Mumbai’s slums, the state government on Thursday said the consent of slum residents is not required for the slum cluster redevelopment scheme.

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: In yet another order that shot down acquisition by the Maharashtra government and Slum Rehabilitation Authority of an upscale private property in Mumbai, the Supreme Court on Friday upheld a ...

In its effort to reduce the number of slums by five per cent annually in Lagos State, Lagos State Urban Renewal Agency (LASURA) has concluded plans to begin the regeneration of slum areas in Bariga ...

We have race to-the-top competitions in education and I'm advocating such a race in urban renewal in slum areas. I'm saying that we can have grants to stimulate growth in slum areas. We've had trickle ...

Campaigners from major political parties have been collecting voters’ national identity (NID) details and mobile phone numbers while canvassing in several slum areas of Dhaka ahead of the election, ...