Shahadat Hossain

Shahadat Hossain, PhD is Professor in the Department of Sociology, University of Dhaka and the author of the book Urban Poverty in Bangladesh: Slum Communities, Migration and Social Integration, IB Tauris, London, 2011

After Rana Plaza

Why were NGOs left to pick up the pieces in the aftermath of the Rana Plaza factory collapse?

By Shahadat Hossain and Samina Luthfa

/ 7 Feb 2014

Violence and displacement in suburban Dhaka

A combination of violent rural and urban displacement have produced rings of poverty and exploitation on the outskirts of Dhaka, one of the world's fastest growing cities.

By Shahadat Hossain

/ 14 Aug 2013