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This is a dismal figure when compared to other developed economies. Even though the poverty rate in Bangladesh has been decreasing, it is doing so at a slow rate of less than 2% per year. [37] Poverty matters because it affects many factors of growth – education, population growth rates, health of the workforce and public policy.
According to Asia Times, food waste is a cause; across Bangladesh approximately 5% of food is wasted each year. Food waste is particularly large during Bangladesh's winter wedding season, which produces "tons of food wastage". Families of the bride and groom are expected to produce lavish meals, and the lack of RSVPs means caterers can't easily ...
Protection, health, education, nutrition, safe water and hygiene are considered basic rights for all children, yet children in Bangladesh face issues on all these fronts. 26 million children live below the national poverty line. Bangladesh has one of the highest rates of child-marriage in the world. 66% of women (aged 20 to 24) were married ...
Monga is a Bengali term referring to the yearly cyclical phenomenon of poverty and hunger in Bangladesh. It is also called "mora Kartik," which means "months of death and disaster." It refers to two times per year, from September–November (after the aman crop is planted) and from March–April (after the boro crop is planted). [1]
June 2022: More than 40 people were killed and 200 injured after a fire broke out in a depot near the southern port city of Chittagong, in a blaze fire officials said could have been caused by a ...
In 2015, Bangladesh was ranked 139 out of 187 countries on the Human Development Index [1] and 47 out 144 countries surveyed on the Gender Inequality Index in 2017. Many of the inequalities are result of extreme poverty and traditional gender norms centred on a patrilineal and patriarchal kinship system [2] in rural areas.
A Nobel laureate known as the “banker to the poor” will aim to bring stability to Bangladesh after he answered a call by student protesters for him to temporarily lead the restive country ...
It is measured in relation to the 'poverty line' or the lowest amount of money needed to sustain human life. [2] Relative poverty is "the inability to afford the goods, services, and activities needed to fully participate in a given society." [2] Relative poverty still results in bad health outcomes because of the diminished agency of the ...