"The government has undertaken various programmes for reducing poverty level to 13 per cent within 2021.
Finance Minister AMA Muhith in his budget proposal for...
Reaz Ahmad and Rejaul Karim Byron
"The government is getting ready to further increase its fiscal outlay on food dole in the 2017-18 fiscal year.
On...
"Due to various constraints, Bangladesh cannot replicate the facilities enjoyed by the physically challenged people in developed countries. Yet it can protect the disabled...
"Expenditure under the social safety net programmes, including allowance for the elderly and widows, will be increased substantially in the next fiscal year to...