Social safety net programmes, such as Open Market Sales (OMS) and Vulnerable Group Feeding (VGF), provided less help to the ...

Bangladesh’s poverty map has changed as Barishal now has the highest percentage of people living in poverty among all the ...

Dhaka`s Paltan thana area has the least number of residents living under the poverty line, only 1 percent, according ...

Considering the list with least number of poor residents in the Dhaka district, the second spot is Uttara Paschim with 1.1% living below poverty line, followed by Bimanbandar (1.4%), Dhanmondi (1.5%), ...

Religious Affairs Adviser Dr AFM Khalid Hossain on Friday described zakat, the almsgiving in Islam, as an effective system in ...

As many as 19.2% of the population in Bangladesh lives below the poverty line, with the poverty rate in urban areas standing ...

Dhaka's Paltan has the least number of residents living under the poverty line at 1%, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) has found. The survey, titled "Poverty Map of Bangladesh", also revealed ...

"Zakat is an important economic system based on Islamic Sharia. Through this, a balanced distribution of wealth between the ...

The French traveller Bernier was profoundly amazed by the diversity and abundance he witnessed in East Bengal, now Bangladesh. Unfortunately, much of these traditions and wealth have become relics of ...

President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Wednesday sought more investment in Bangladesh and the expansion of bilateral trade from ...

India coach Gautam Gambhir said Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have much to offer the team despite their poor run of form in recent matches, stressing the ve..

The government is struggling to make Gwadar port fully operational due to a lack of transportation infrastructure and higher costs, as no entity is willing to shift imports and exports there.