The river Gutiyakhali used to flow through the village Durgapur of Ashshuni Sadar Union under AshasJumi Upzilla of Satkhira district. Now it is like a small cannel. The alluvial land of Gutiyakhali river had been taken by Government as agricultural khasland category and was distributed among the landless people. Abdul Jalil Sana (32), son of…
Bangladesh won its independence in 1971, with the dream of establishing a poverty-free Sonar Bangla (Golden Bengal). The inner spirit of this dream was to establish a secular society, free from exploitation and optimum parity between the rich and the poor. During Pakistan era the disparity between the rich and the poor was so high…
Since 1980s, a vast area in the southwestern part of Bangladesh has been waterlogged. The inhabitants comprehend that the Coastal Embankment constructed during the 1960s is mainly responsible for this water logging. There were a number of popular movements demanding a sustainable solution to this problem of water-logging issue and the people have been expressing…
The prime objective of the development initiatives in Bangladesh is poverty reduction. For decade’s development activists, scholars, political elite are putting forward various approach and development strategies to address the issue of poverty reduction. Bangladesh government has prepared the PRSP. The poverty reduction endeavor of Bangladesh through Micro credit has received world recognition through the…
Bangladesh is basically an agriculture country and the income derived from this sector fuels the biggest portion of the country’s economy. Two thirds of the populations are engaged in agricultural sector. Eighty percent of the country’s population lived in the rural communities. Rural poverty remained more extensive than urban poverty which further worsen the economic…