Using loopholes and fraud, brokers turn poverty in Bangladesh and demand for transplants in India into booming business.

On Jul 21, 26,229 houses will be handed over to the needy while another 8,667 houses are under construction, Ahmad Kaikaus, the principal secretary to the prime minister, said at a media briefing ...

The Tk4,122-cr project - house construction for poor freedom fighters - was approved by the Ecnec on March 21 last year. Under the project 30,000 “Bir Nibash” (houses) for poor freedom fighters, ...

Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Adviser AF Hassan Ariff on Wednesday said that houses of poor have been demolished in the name of evicting illegal occupants around the rivers ...

Despite the significant progress in reducing poverty in Bangladesh, about one in five of the non-poor households remain at high risk of falling below the poverty line, according to a study by the ...

Bangladesh is one of the world's most climate vulnerable countries. But small steps, like building resilient homes and providing job opportunities, can make a huge difference.

DHAKA, Bangladesh. The average income in the slums of Bangladeshi cities and among the rural poor has dropped by more than 80% since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, according to a survey ...

The Government of Bangladesh, with World Bank support, launched the Income Support Program for the Poorest (ISPP) in 2015. Over the course of implementation, ISPP provided cash to 600,000 poor ...

Bangladesh has descended into chaos following the shock departure of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday, with religious minorities targeted as riots spread throughout the country. "You people ...

About a quarter of Bangladesh's estimated 165 million people are classified as poor. Nasrin, the mother of three, said her poor neighbors have been suffering and dying silently. “Many of my neighbors ...