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Devastating fire leaves thousands homeless in Dhaka’s Korail shantytown | Gallery News

Published On 27 Nov 202527 Nov 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share A devastating fire swept through Dhaka’s sprawling Korail shantytown, destroying or damaging some 1,500 shanties and reducing tin-roofed dwellings to smouldering ruins, officials reported. The inferno, which erupted on Tuesday evening, required 16 hours to extinguish, according to Rashed…

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‘Elite capture’: How Pakistan is losing 6 percent of its GDP to corruption | Business and Economy

Islamabad, Pakistan – A new assessment by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has concluded that corruption in Pakistan is behind an economic crisis driven by “state capture” – where public policy is manipulated to benefit a narrow circle of political and business elites. The Governance and Corruption Diagnostic Assessment (GCDA), finalised in November 2025, presents…

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