Over the past two years, real income reductions due to ongoing inflationary pressure have pushed at least 78 lakh people into poverty, shows the study by the Research and Policy Integration for Development (RAPID).
Among the 78 lakh people, 38 lakh have become extremely poor
Inequalities occur not only in income, but also in non-income dimensions
More than one in four children under the age of five globally live in "severe" food poverty, UNICEF has warned -- meaning more than 180 million are at risk of experiencing adverse impacts on their growth and development
As Meem tended to the child, a group of girls around her age strolled past the yard.
Inflationary pressure may push some “vulnerable” households below the poverty line.
Besides, these “new poor” are vulnerable to further deterioration of their financial health as they lack strong networks with employers, access to loans and social safety net programmes.
Sanem carried out a survey among 9,000 households countrywide in Oct-Nov of 2023
A great majority of the world population today is not in control of their fate.
We cannot eradicate child labour from Bangladesh if we cannot provide these children and their families with the necessary social and financial support.
Forced by poverty, a day labour Matiur Rahman, 46, from Baliadangi upazila of Thakurgaon, has decided to sell his seven-month-old baby girl Sammi to arrange money to run his family.
Is the government taking note of inflation inequality?
Monaf Mia, a 65-year-old tea worker in Mominchhara tea garden of Sylhet’s Fenchuganj, works in the gardens all day, only to come back home at night to get soaked in rainwater, due to the dilapidated condition of the roof over his head.
On August 20, 1999, over 5,000 slum dwellers mobilised from various informal settlements in Dhaka and gathered in the Supreme Court premises to protest the “wholesale eviction” that was underway that year.
The estimated poverty in Bangladesh has declined by 0.6 per cent in the 2021 fiscal year, riding on the strong economic recovery amid the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the latest report of the World Bank.
Bangladesh has one of the highest numbers of child marriages in the world, having been ranked in 4th position globally, according to the latest report published by UNICEF, a UN organization to support humanitarian and developmental efforts for children worldwide.
The Politics of Land Law: Poverty and Land Legislation in Bangladesh (University Press Ltd, 2021), a book by Dr Masum Billah, Associate Professor of Jagannath University, was launched in a virtual programme held by UPL on October 2, 2021.
There are some words in the popular lexicon that we hear and read about every day but very few appreciate or understand the depth of these words. “Development” and “poverty” are two good examples.
Being poor is a highly shameful experience, degrading one's dignity and sense of self-worth. While the manifestations and causes of poverty differ, the humiliation that accompanies it is universal.
