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.
I wonder where God sits in that tower. I wonder whose cries are louder.
How does the social protection budget for the 2023-24 fiscal year fare when analysed through the lenses of equity and efficiency?
Ironically, under the shadow of stability, the quality of economics and politics has been compromised
Why are children still subjected to random violence and abuse?
Government should ensure easy access to maternal services from skilled professionals
We have the chance to reshape the world we live in – economically, socially, and environmentally.
Amidst the joyous occasion of Eid greetings and smiles, I stood still in solitude–wearing my red, torn half pants, topless from the navel up
Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury will be remembered for his tireless pro-people activism
Originally published in 1993, 'Urukku' by Nasreen Jahan is a dive into the life of a young woman and a powerful commentary on human need.
One in every five children in Bangladesh is living with poverty and high climate risk, according to a new global report.
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.