UNDP logo A big number of people has lost their jobs due to the coronavirus crisis. As per the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, poverty rate had come down to 20 per cent a few days back, but now it has risen to 35 per cent due to the pandemic. And this may go higher if this deadlock continues for long.
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has recommended that the government should provide 40 per cent of the population, which is over 66 million, Tk 2,100 each. This will mean the government would have to spend Tk 14 billion . […]
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