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Economist Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya. File photo: UNB

Digital platforms creating jobs but also new inequality: Debapriya

Freelancer earnings remain outside formal economy due to weak financial integration, Debapriya says

The study results were presented at a programme titled “Taxation to Realize Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights in Bangladesh” held at a hotel in Gulshan, Dhaka on Wednesday, 19 November 2025. Photo: TBS

Raising direct taxes to 50% could reduce poverty by 1 percentage point: Study

Invisible inequality: Why property, power remain out of women’s reach

Invisible inequality: Why property, power remain out of women’s reach

Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) organises a dialogue at the Brac Centre Inn in Dhaka on Sunday, 17 November 2024. Photo: TBS

Inflation, economic downturn, poverty, inequality top risks for next 2 years: Survey

Bangladesh backslides in commitment to reducing inequality: Oxfam

Bangladesh backslides in commitment to reducing inequality: Oxfam

Sketch: TBS

Despite major strides, Bangladeshi women lag in socio-economic and agency development

BIDS and World Bank officials at a seminar in Dhaka on 5 June 2024. Photo: Jahir Rayhan/TBS

Inequality in Bangladesh remains stable over 12 years: WB economist

The World Health Organization logo is pictured at the entrance of the WHO building, in Geneva, Switzerland, December 20, 2021. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

WHO report reveals gender inequality at the root of global crisis in health and care work

Commuters at the Times Square subway station in New York. Photographer: Yuki Iwamura/Bloomberg

It will take Black Americans 320 years to catch up to White neighbours

Photo: Saikat Roy

What car sales data tell about wealth distribution in Bangladesh

Disadvantaged groups are more exposed to climate effects and less able to recover from damages. A Bangladeshi family travels to a safer location as water enters new areas after the cyclone Aila hit Bangladesh in 2009. Photo: Abir Abdullah

Climate and inequality entwinement imperils us all

Zahid Hussain. Illustration: TBS

The villain is winning!

Photo: Touseful Islam

Dug-up roads and a divide too deep