Hasen Banu is over 80. In the Korail slum, where her three sons and a daughter also live, she now spends a month at each child’s home.

Some Tk 39 crore has been set aside from the block allocation from this fiscal year’s revised budget, a finance ministry official told The Daily Star.

Planned changes in budget must result in more targeted, impactful interventions

Taskforce report highlights barriers to poverty alleviation

Raising allocations is vital, but not enough to address poverty

Scaling up public food distribution programmes for the poor and the vulnerable is the need of the hour -- given the cost of living crisis. But the government seems to be shying away from stepping up to this task.

Bangladesh is yet to achieve nutrition security for its entire population.

Bangladesh’s social protection, a key policy instrument in the country, has had a history of innovation evolved around crises

If one looks at the inflationary measures that are proposed in the FY2022-23 budget, there are ample reasons to be frustrated.