•      Fri Mar 29 2024
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10,000 homeless after fire razes Bangladesh slum

DHAKA (AFP) - At least 10,000 people are homeless after a massive fire swept through a crowded slum in the Bangladesh capital and destroyed thousands of shanties, officials said Sunday. The fire broke out at in Dhaka's Mirpur neighbourhood late on Friday and razed around 2,000 mostly tin shacks, fire