n June 2022, a study by the Power and Participation Research Centre (PPRC) and the BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), said the number of new poor in the country stood at 30.9 million, which is 18.54 per cent of the population. A World Bank report says around 68 per cent of the people who were working in Bangladesh’s urban areas of Dhaka and Chittagong have lost their jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic.
n June 2022, a study by the Power and Participation Research Centre (PPRC) and the BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), said the number of new poor in the country stood at 30.9 million, which is 18.54 per cent of the population. A World Bank report says around 68 per cent of the people who were working in Bangladesh’s urban areas of Dhaka and Chittagong have lost their jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic.
