Maria Matin

“My son did not get the job because they said he lacked the digital skills needed for it,” Asma Begum confided to me as we sat outside her house in Gowainghat, Sylhet.

Mritul Begum, 30, lives in Kendua, Madaripur. Her husband Ruhul Molla, 42, works as a day-labourer and earns a meagre Tk 5,000 a month. It is difficult to make ends meet so Mritul has invested in some cattle and poultry for some extra earnings.