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China’s rich write checks to show solidarity with the poor

As Xi seeks to revive the egalitarian spirit of the Maoist era under the slogan of "common prosperity," he's demanding financial sacrifices from the country's wealthy private...

People of marginalised communities sit in line to collect government aid. Photo: Collected

Is monetary policy echoing its context?

Firdousi Naher. Illustration: TBS

Urgent need to check human capital erosion of the poor

The helpless face with tears rolling down his cheeks tells about his hardship with no income in the ongoing lowdown. The hapless elderly rickshaw van puller, Ziyad Ali, has now no food at his home to feed his family. Like him, with no passengers to carry, rickshaw and van pullers across the country are struggling to make ends meet. The photo was taken from Razzak Park in Satkhira town recently. Photo: TBS

Fear, hunger and loss mark their lockdown

Standard Bank provides relief assistance to 2,300 poor families affected by pandemic

Standard Bank provides relief assistance to 2,300 poor families affected by pandemic

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Poorer Indian women lost more jobs, ate less amid the pandemic

TBS Today: Its the underprivileged who fear lockdowns, not the coronavirus

TBS Today: Its the underprivileged who fear lockdowns, not the coronavirus

Hossain Zillur Rahman/TBS sketch

No place for new poor in social safety net

Mohammad Anisur Rahman, director of Aarong Dairy. Sketch/TBS

Aarong Dairy was founded to change fortune of rural poor

77% of new poor didn’t receive pandemic relief

77% of new poor didn’t receive pandemic relief

Representational image. Photo: UNB

Govt failing to spend when poor need more cash, food support

Covid Variant Worsening Crisis in India. Photo: Bloomberg

Tens of millions plunge into poverty in Covid-ravaged India

Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya/TBS sketch

Direct cash transfer needed for the poor