poor

Firdousi Naher. Illustration: TBS
Bangladesh

Urgent need to check human capital erosion of the poor

The helpless face with tears rolling down his cheeks tells about his hardship with no income in the ongoing lowdown. The hapless elderly rickshaw van puller, Ziyad Ali, has now no food at his home to feed his family. Like him, with no passengers to carry, rickshaw and van pullers across the country are struggling to make ends meet. The photo was taken from Razzak Park in Satkhira town recently. Photo: TBS
Covid-19 in Bangladesh

Fear, hunger and loss mark their lockdown

Standard Bank provides relief assistance to 2,300 poor families affected by pandemic
Banking

Standard Bank provides relief assistance to 2,300 poor families affected by pandemic

Picture: Collected
South Asia

Poorer Indian women lost more jobs, ate less amid the pandemic

TBS Today: Its the underprivileged who fear lockdowns, not the coronavirus
Videos

TBS Today: Its the underprivileged who fear lockdowns, not the coronavirus

Hossain Zillur Rahman/TBS sketch
Budget

No place for new poor in social safety net

Mohammad Anisur Rahman, director of Aarong Dairy. Sketch/TBS
Supplement

Aarong Dairy was founded to change fortune of rural poor

77% of new poor didn’t receive pandemic relief
Bangladesh

77% of new poor didn’t receive pandemic relief

Representational image. Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

Govt failing to spend when poor need more cash, food support

Covid Variant Worsening Crisis in India. Photo: Bloomberg
Analysis

Tens of millions plunge into poverty in Covid-ravaged India

Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya/TBS sketch
Analysis

Direct cash transfer needed for the poor

File Photo/ UNB
Economy

Next budget will focus on the poor: Finance minister

Bangladeshi Economists
Analysis

Stricter lockdown preferred with aid for the poor, SMEs