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

The Paltan Thana area in the capital has emerged as the least poverty spot in the country with only one per cent population in the central area in Dhaka live below the poverty line of $2.25 per day, ...

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 ...

The country's development narrative during the 15-year rule of the previous government was entirely hollow, Fahmida Khatun, economist and executive director of the Centre for Policy Dialogue, has said ...

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%), ...

Bangladesh's poverty map has changed. Barishal now has the highest percentage of poor people among all divisions, replacing Rangpur at the top. In 2016, Barishal ranked fifth in poverty while Rangpur ...

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 ...

Rakhine state in Myanmar's west is riven with ethnic and religious divisions. It came under the global spotlight after a bloody 2017 army crackdown that forced some 740,000 Rohingya Muslims over the ...