Poverty
Covid-19
Stand by the jobless during extended restrictions
All the affected poor people under the safety net should be given cash support till 16 May. Beside the government support, let the wealthy people of the society stand by the poor.
Auto-rickshaw drivers, light vehicle workers demand food support
Auto-rickshaw drivers and light vehicle workers organised a human chain in front of the National Press Club on Thursday demanding food support and allowing their operation by ensuring health safety ...
Cash support: Number of poor increases, allocation remains same
Bangladesh has witnessed 25 million new poor during the pandemic. But the government is set to provide Tk 2,500 to each of 3.5 million poor families from 2 May
People for people, but politics for whom?
The political parties may not be able to do anything to control the spread of coronavirus, but at least they can do something for the poor. Yet they remain indifferent
Cash support for the poor: Learn from past mistakes
Power and Participation Research Centre (PPRC) and BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD) have jointly conducted a survey on the poverty situation. The findings these two organisations ...
Masks sales used to buy meals for the needy
Students of Jagannath University in the capital city Dhaka have come forward to distribute meals among deprived persons, using the funds generated from mask sales
For whom is the government, for whom the state?
Can the government spare only Tk 5000 in two years for each of these poor families who toil day and night to keep the wheels of the state and society running?
Is the Tk7.27bn for the poor going down the drain?
Although a list of rich and poor completed two years ago, it has not been published due to lack of software
Staying at home means no food for Korail slum dwellers
Most of the slum residents earn a hand-to-mouth living. They fear if their income is halted for a few more days, they will have nothing to eat
Who will protect middle-class from sliding into poverty?
According to the South Asian Network on Economic Modelling, 42 per cent of the population is now poor. That means, Covid has taken Bangladesh around 20 years back
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