Himanta Biswa Sarma's statement comes weeks after Bangladesh interim government chief Muhammad Yunus's remarks on India's ...

In Bangladesh ... concentrated in the divisions of Rangpur, Mymensingh, and Barisal. With over a fourth (26.6%) of its population living below the national poverty line, Barisal currently has the ...

This is the third generation of poverty maps in Bangladesh, which is an important statistical instrument for estimating the poverty incidence up to sub-district (upazila) levels. The poverty mapping ...

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 ...

The country may experience light to moderate rains or thundershowers in all divisions, including Dhaka, over the 72 hours from 9:00am today, said the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD).

Poverty rates are also high in chronic disaster-prone areas. Chittagong and Sylhet division have the lowest prevalence of poverty. Bangladesh has launched new poverty maps which visually identify poor ...

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said work is going on to ensure safe water supply from surface water sources to all the divisional ... been divided into six divisions under the plan ...

The government is set to decide on forming two new divisions, named Padma and Meghna, taking the number of administrative divisions to 10. The decision will be made at a meeting of the National ...