homeless
Cyclone Mocha: St Martin’s Island faces drinking water, food shortages
The island is still without power as electric cables and utility poles were damage
16 May 2023, 07:42 AM
Glue-sniffing: childhood lost on the streets
Children huddled in a corner huffing plastic bags is a common sight in Dhaka. Though rehabilitation efforts are needed urgently, the authorities that should be concerned only seem to be shifting the responsibility from one to other, while the children continue to suffer on the streets.
4 February 2020, 18:00 PM
Beggars’ Rehabilitation: Govt failure writ large
Feroz, 13, leaves Habib from time to time in his makeshift wheelchair outside the High Court Mazar gate and disappears into the distance. The young boy was hired seven days ago to wheel around Habib -- who earns his living by begging.
24 April 2019, 18:00 PM
Flood-hit people's plight not over
For the last 42 days, the Water Development Board's dyke has been Delwar Hossain's home.
22 September 2017, 18:00 PM
Helping the homeless
Veronika Scott, a design student finds a way to help the city's homeless: a coat which turns into a sleeping bag - which she wanted to employ homeless people to make
17 March 2015, 06:11 AM