By Tohura Khatun Lili, from Rajshahi BARCIK continues to make significant contributions to improving the livelihoods, skills, and employment opportunities of the urban poor. As part of its ongoing initiatives, seven women from the Namobhadra and Baje Kazla areas of Rajshahi have recently ...

By Amit Sarkar, from Rajshahi In Budhpara Slum, Ward 30 of Rajshahi city, Md. Omar Ali, now in his forties, has lived for nearly two decades in a tiny tin-roofed house by the railway line. A lifelong day laborer, he has turned his small plot into a green, climate-resilient urban farm through ...

By Tohura Khatun Lili from Rajshahi In Rajshahi’s Namovhadra slum, 40-year-old Nilufa Begum lives a life shaped by river erosion and poverty. Originally from Rangpur, she lost everything to the river and moved with her family to a crowded slum without electricity or clean water. They survived ...

By Tohura Khatun Lili from Rajshahi BARCIK organized a free health service camp in the Chhotobangram area of Rajshahi city under the theme “Let’s Build a Livable City for All, Ensure Safe Healthcare for Everyone” recently. This timely initiative comes amid a rising rate of COVID-19 ...

By Gazi Mahida Mizan, from Satkhira In the objective to support the health of low-income urban poor, a free healthcare camp was organized in Kamalnagar Malekpara, Satkhira, by BARCIK, Satkhira Digital Hospital, and media partner Khoborer Kagoj. More than 100 urban poor people received free ...

By Gazi Mahida Mizan, from Satkhira A free medical camp was held in the Rahmatpur Colony of Garekanda, located in Satkhira town, providing much-needed healthcare services to the local underprivileged community. The day-long camp was organized on Thursday by BARCIK. Over a hundred disadvantaged ...

Amit Sarkar, from Rajshahi With the slogan of ‘building a livable city for all and ensuring safe health’ BARCIK organized a free healthcare camp in Budhpara Harijan Colony of Rajshahi city yesterday (19 May). Experienced MBBS doctors from Rajshahi Medical College Hospital provided healthcare at ...

By Zahangir Alam, from Dhaka BARCIK recently organized a story-sharing session with adolescents and elderly residents at the Kallyanpur slum in Dhaka with the objective to to bridge generations and preserve urban memory. The theme of the event was “How the City Became a City.” Elderly ...

Md. Jahangir Alam from Dhaka A discussion meeting titled “Urban Heatwave Crisis and Youth Responsibilities” was held recently in Dhaka Urban Resource Center, located in Balur Math area of Hazaribagh, under Dhaka South City Corporation. The meeting was presided over by Moyna Begum, a frontline ...