while Chittagong division has the lowest poverty rate at 15.2%. The capital, Dhaka, meanwhile witnessed its poverty rate increase by 1.8 percentage points to 19.6%. However, it is Dasar upazila in ...
With a poverty rate of 19.6%, the central Dhaka division stands just above the national average of 19.2%. Poverty rates are relatively lower than the national average in the remaining four divisions: ...
Thousands of protesters in Bangladesh have taken out their anger at exiled former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina by destroying ...
THE Poverty Map of Bangladesh 2022 that the national statistical office made public in Dhaka on January 30 shows a tell-tale sign of the government’s lopsided efforts that have resulted in uneven ...
A new report from the University of Nottingham's Rights Lab and GoodWeave International highlights the risk of modern slavery ...
Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh, has topped the list of cities having the worst air quality with an AQI score of 243 at 8:50am this morning (February 3, 2025). Today's air was classified as ...
Sheikh Mujib's residence on Dhanmondi-32 has been demolished as an agitated crowd brought bulldozers to the scene describing the building as a symbol of "authoritarianism and fascism".  The building ...
despite the government boasting about the impact of those schemes on reducing moderate and extreme poverty, according to a taskforce report. Social safety net programmes, such as Open Market Sales ...
Says, "We don't have the luxury of making plans or strategies to deal with this situation, we are already in crisis." ...
The Aga Khan IV, a spiritual leader of the Ismaili Muslim community and a prominent champion in architecture and cultural ...
despite the government boasting about the impact of those schemes on reducing moderate and extreme poverty, according to a taskforce report. Social safety net programmes, such as Open Market Sales ...
He is the author of “Within Our Means,” a biweekly newsletter on ending poverty in America. The classic promise of the American dream is that no matter where you grew up, no matter how poor ...