rural

Rather than a right, education is a risk, a luxury, and too often, a lost dream in rural Bangladesh. Photo: TBS
Thoughts

When books compete with bread: The harsh trade-offs of education in rural Bangladesh

The future of rural Bangladesh depends not only on building more schools but on creating an education system that truly serves, supports, and sustains its most vulnerable children

Banks disbursed Tk19,215 crore of agriculture, rural credit in 7 months
Banking

Banks disbursed Tk19,215 crore of agriculture, rural credit in 7 months

Illustration: TBS
Supplement

Trust Bank expanding rural coverage to boost agribusiness

A file photo of outgoing Planning Minister MA Mannan. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Goal now is to build world-class infrastructure up to rural level: Planning minister

Broken rural roads of despair
Transport

Broken rural roads of despair

Project SWAPNO has so far been implemented in 22 districts of Bangladesh, benefiting 64,980 people. Photo: Courtesy
Panorama

Project SWAPNO: Marico teams up with the govt to empower rural women 

Photo: Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

Rural India sinks deeper into debt as Covid-19 wipes out work

Barkha Dutt
Thoughts

Covid-19 and the invisibilisation of rural India

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

Aarong Dairy was founded to change fortune of rural poor

Six million school-going children risk of learning loss: PPRC & BIGD Study
Bangladesh

Six million school-going children risk of learning loss: PPRC & BIGD Study

State University’s new project ‘Prantik Proser’
Education

State University’s new project ‘Prantik Proser’

Mice run away on a farm in Gilgandra, New South Wales, Australia March 12, 2021 in this still image obtained from a social media video. MELANIE MOERIS/via REUTERS
World+Biz

Plague of mice hits parts of rural Australia

Agent banking accounts double as rural people show interest
Banking

Agent banking accounts double as rural people show interest