Poverty

Sunamganj flood Floodwater sweeps away 30 years’ collection of books

'The wealth that is in Kagji’s house cannnot even be found in the house of many highly educated elites. His house is full of books. He has made a huge collection of books over the years. His house, ...

A lacklustre town of misery and despair

Some 28.9 per cent people in the rural and slum areas of Barishal cannot afford three meals a day

Over 12,000 families in Cox’s Bazar living with imminent risk of landslides

Given the average family size in Bangladesh, this could mean around 50,000 people are at risk

Direct cash scheme in US aims to lift Black women out of poverty

Applying for jobs, picking up gig work as a delivery driver, looking after her six children: life is an endless juggling act for single mom Sheila as she struggles to make ends meet and provide for ...

Interview: Selim Raihan 'The government didn't keep its own word in the budget'

Poverty is a big problem, there is the problem of unemployment, and disparity is increasing. These matters are discussed, but there is no guideline in the budget of how to emerge from this, says ...

New budget to revive post-Covid economy, hopes Obaidul Quader

The issues of lower income group and middle-class people have been highlighted in the budget, said Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader

Interview: Hossain Zillur Rahman 'Bangladesh is stuck in one-dimensional visions of development'

We have entrapped Bangladesh in a one-dimensional development vision. Our concept of development is massive infrastructure. But there are many indicators of development, says economist Hossain Zillur ...

Barguna: Poverty increasing due to livelihood crisis

Milon Talukdar along with wife Pari Begum catch shrimp fry in the Baleshwar river. Someday they earn Tk 100-150 by selling the shrimp fry. Some days they earn nothing

Nutrition for everyone: Take necessary steps

The grim picture of people’s unaffordability to purchase nutritious food in Bangladesh revealed by a research of the Institute of Nutrition and Food Sciences and the Institute of Health Economics at ...

Climate disasters drive Bangladesh children from classrooms to work

As more extreme weather drives worsening flooding, erosion and storms in low-lying Bangladesh, thousands of families like hers are moving to the slums of Dhaka

Interest-free loans, child marriage prevention and poverty alleviation

IPDC and Amal Foundation hope to reduce discrimination through the CMPL by providing sustainable income sources to impoverished families in rural Bangladesh. This, in turn, will help transform these ...

No alternative to micro-credit to alleviate poverty: Finance Minister

Microfinance institutions are not only alleviating poverty, but also advancing various social development works, said the finance minister

Poverty, crime linked to differences in newborns' brains

'Health for all' must be ensured for all

Universal health coverage will be implemented in our country only when people do not have to spend money out of their pockets to get health care and when they can get any kind of medical service for ...

Bangladesh’s poverty declines to 11.9pc: World Bank

Bangladesh’s estimated poverty declined to 11.9 per cent in FY21 from 12.5 per cent in FY20 following a strong economic recovery from the pandemic, says a new World Bank report.