Social Security
Roundtable discussion
Awareness and publicity reduce early marriage
Increasing public awareness and publicity by involving people reduces early marriage at a significant rate
A job at Samsung factory changes lives for 8 transgenders
Eight transgender people now work for Samsung Fair Electronics in Narsingdi. They are working as security guards at the main gates, assisting in office work, cooking in the canteen and housekeeping.
Interview: Shahnaz Huda
Child marriage increases in fear of poverty, insecurity
Shahnaz Huda, a professor of law at the University of Dhaka, talked to Prothom Alo about the rising trend of child marriage during coronavirus pandemic and other issues.
Social protection expense
Urban poor in Bangladesh getting less attention: World Bank report
About 11 per cent of people in urban areas are covered by social protection whereas 19 per cent of the urban population is poor, says the World Bank report
Bangladesh, ADB ink 250m loan deal to strengthen social resilience programme
Bangladesh and Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Tuesday signed a $250 million loan agreement to finance reforms for improving the inclusiveness and responsiveness of the country’s social development ...
Bangladesh in Global Peace Index: Still a long way to go
It is undoubtedly good news that Bangladesh has gone seven steps ahead in the global peace index. However, in the global context, we are still lagging behind by far
Poor people's allowances must not be hindered
Allowances for the poor under the social safety net programme have been held up for six months due to digitisation of the process. This can be no excuse and the destitute need to be paid their dues ...
Social safety net
7.6m poor people fail to receive allowance in 6 months
According to the Department of Social Services, the allowances under the social safety net programme have been stuck for six months due to the digitisation process
Social safety-nets in urban areas
Eliminate rural-urban gap
Social safety nets are needed for the urban poor too, not just the rural poor
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