An artificial intelligence model, built using mobile phone data, matched only 32 percent of genuinely poor households in a large-scale trial in Bangladesh, compared with 52 percent for a traditional door-to-door survey method.

A char is a temporary arrangement between people and a river that owes them nothing.

What once felt like fear of slaughter became, in adulthood, a confrontation with poverty

According to the World Bank’s April 2026 Bangladesh Development Update, the country’s poverty rate increased to 21.4 percent in 2025 from 18.7 percent in 2022, adding 14 lakh more poor people in 2025.

Child poverty rises for third consecutive year, affecting 4.5m

Bangladesh is witnessing one of its most troubling reversals in poverty in over a decade

Asia poverty: 1.5B lifted, but millions remain vulnerable. Sustainable solutions are key.

Over the past two years, real income reductions due to ongoing inflationary pressure have pushed at least 78 lakh people into poverty, shows the study by the Research and Policy Integration for Development (RAPID).

Among the 78 lakh people, 38 lakh have become extremely poor

Inequalities occur not only in income, but also in non-income dimensions

More than one in four children under the age of five globally live in "severe" food poverty, UNICEF has warned -- meaning more than 180 million are at risk of experiencing adverse impacts on their growth and development

As Meem tended to the child, a group of girls around her age strolled past the yard.

Inflationary pressure may push some “vulnerable” households below the poverty line.

Besides, these “new poor” are vulnerable to further deterioration of their financial health as they lack strong networks with employers, access to loans and social safety net programmes.

Sanem carried out a survey among 9,000 households countrywide in Oct-Nov of 2023

A great majority of the world population today is not in control of their fate.

I wonder where God sits in that tower. I wonder whose cries are louder.

How does the social protection budget for the 2023-24 fiscal year fare when analysed through the lenses of equity and efficiency?

Ironically, under the shadow of stability, the quality of economics and politics has been compromised

Why are children still subjected to random violence and abuse?