Dhaka, Nov. 11 -- French Ambassador to Bangladesh Jean-Marc Sere-Charlet visited a slum in Dhaka's Mirpur on Tuesday to see how a French-funded project is helping improve safety, living conditions and climate resilience in urban communities.

The project, titled Nirapad Nagar, is funded by the French Development Agency (AFD) and Secours Catholique-Caritas France and implemented by Caritas Bangladesh.

The Ambassador was pleased to see first-hand how French support has helped urban slum communities in Dhaka become safer, healthier and more resilient, and to hear directly from the people benefiting from the project.

Mirpur is growing rapidly, with informal settlements expanding as a result of rapid urbanisation and internal migration, prom...