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Budget FY26: Social safety net allowances to rise by Tk50-Tk100

Total allocation stands at Tk1.17 lakh crore

Photo shows some slum dwellers at the Mahakhali 'Saat Tola' slum. Photo: UNB

Eid without joy: The harsh truth of life in Dhaka's slums

Inflation pushes 79 lakh more into poverty since 2022: Study

Inflation pushes 79 lakh more into poverty since 2022: Study

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Budget 2024-25: Too few rich, so better to tax the poor right?

A Basundhara Group officials hands over goods to a customer in Barishal. Photo: Courtesy

Bashundhara begins truck sale of commodities in 64 districts

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Are our laws quickly enforced only when it comes to punishing the poor?

People walk on a footpath in Dhaka. File Photo: Jahir Rayhan/TBS

24% urban poor left villages for lack of works: Study

People queue to buy rice from the OMS truck sale point. The photo was taken at Mohammadpur in the capital recently. Photo: Rajib Dhar

Food assistance for poor down as inflation, living cost up

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50% of total poor in urban areas are new: BIDS

Temperatures in the gritty New Delhi locality of Mungeshpur averaged 1.4° Celsius higher so far this month than in the suburban enclave of Safdarjung, IMD data shows. Photo: Bloomberg

India's record heatwave drives temperature gap between rich and poor

Dr Sayema Haque Bidisha. Illustration: TBS

Focus on boosting poor’s purchasing power

A healthcare professional prepares a dose of AstraZeneca (Covid-19) vaccine at the Narok County Referral Hospital, in Narok, Kenya, December 1, 2021. Photo: Reuters

Short AstraZeneca shelf life complicates Covid vaccine rollout to world's poorest

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Merck expects Covid pill to reach rich and poor countries simultaneously