poverty

Photo: Rehman Asad/TBS
Bangladesh

Urban poor needs to be included in poverty alleviation measures: Experts

They say the emergence of the new poor is a common policy challenge both regionally and globally

Photo: Salahuddin Ahmed/TBS
Bangladesh

The new poor are as real as they get

Photo: Unsplash
Economy

How do these spending help poverty reduction?

Dr Md Shahabul Haque
Thoughts

How China fought and won the battle against poverty

Photo: TBS
Economy

Revamp consumption, support SMEs

Current state of poverty, vulnerability and the economy
Videos

Current state of poverty, vulnerability and the economy

Representational image. Photo: Reuters
Environment

Progressive climate policy can reduce extreme poverty: study

File Photo/ UNB
Economy

Next budget will focus on the poor: Finance minister

A schoolgirl in her village in Bangladesh. Credit :Tadej Znidarcic/Redux via The New York Times
Bangladesh

What Biden can learn from Bangladesh to eradicate poverty

Shishu Mia and Shiuli Begum lost everything after a fire burned down their home. CZM has rebuilt it. Photo: Noor-A-Alam.
Panorama

Can zakat and CSR cut poverty in real life? CZM says yes

Safety net scheme largely helps poor fight poverty
Bangladesh

Safety net scheme largely helps poor fight poverty

Bangladesh makes progress against child mortality, malnutrition
Bangladesh

Bangladesh makes progress against child mortality, malnutrition

The never-ending hardship: A teenage girl, wearing anklets, breaks brick in the Postagola area when she is supposed to be with playmates. She came to the capital from Netrokona with her family four years ago, driven by extreme poverty. These brick chips are mostly used for construction purposes and the workers get less than Tk200 per day for this hard labour. The photo was taken recently. Photo: Salahuddin Ahmed/TBS
Economy

Poverty: Shall it fall just as it rose?