“Where is my mother…bring my mother back to me. I can’t live without her.” These were the heart-wrenching screams of Junaid Islam alias Sifat (16) as he beat his chest in grief. Overwhelmed, he repeatedly fell to the floor and became unconscious. This scene came to light at around 2.30 pm on Thursday afternoon in […]
The report said poverty is increasing due to high inflation and other factors. The poverty rate was 18.7 percent in 2022, which will increase to 21.4 percent in 2025. In 2025, an additional 1.4 million people could fall into poverty. The World Bank further notes that before the Middle East war, it was estimated that […]
prothom hello , Debapriya Bhattacharya There are many reasons behind the emergence of this situation. Firstly, the required amount of tax could not be collected from domestic sources. Secondly, it was not possible to stimulate private investment. There are many other reasons why even foreign aided projects could not be implemented on time. Infrastructure projects […]
Former commerce minister Tipu Munshi once said, the standard of living of the 40 million people in Bangladesh is equal to that of the people of Europe. But do the public representatives have any idea about the 40 million people at the bottom, immersed in extreme poverty, who are struggling to get decent food? According […]
The contract of the current PDBF MD was scheduled to expire on 20 December 2023. However, the Board of Governors of PDBF in its 94th meeting on October 17 declared the existing regulation void and decided to extend the MD's contract as per the rules. The foundation's board had approved it 23 years ago. The […]
Several officials of the Palli Deridro Bimochon Foundation (PDBF), established to alleviate poverty in rural areas, have been accused of being involved in corruption and irregularities instead of working on poverty alleviation. He has been accused of embezzling loan money through fake documents, purchasing low quality products at high prices without calling tenders and depositing […]
prothom hello , What do you understand by water entrepreneurs? Asif Saleh: The function of water entrepreneurs would be to treat salt water in a small water treatment plant and supply it to those who can afford it. We want our model to spread. Funds are an important matter here. It is costing us US$5 […]
BBS says poverty rates have increased in Dhaka, Barishal and Sylhet divisions over the past six years. This rate is now 17.9 percent in Dhaka, 15.8 percent in Chattogram, 16.7 percent in Rajshahi, 17.4 percent in Sylhet, 24.8 percent in Rangpur and 24.2 percent in Mymensingh. In 2016, Barishal division had the highest poverty rate […]
Earlier, WFP had published another report titled ‘Bangladesh Market Monitor: May-July’ in September. In that report, the agency said food prices in Bangladesh were rising due to a decline in remittance inflows and a reserve crisis (foreign exchange). Along with this, the report said that the cost of production of food products like rice and […]
Research shows that about 94% of slum dwellers in urban areas are landless people. The average annual income of those families is a little over 150,000 taka. Sixty-eight percent of them said they send money to relatives living in rural areas. About 82 percent of slum dwellers told the research team that they live in […]
In such a situation, there is no option to increase income. But how will it grow? All the factories which were closed due to Corona could not be reopened. It is not that many new industries are also opening up. The self-employment options mentioned in the survey are often taken up because there is no […]