Prime minister Sheikh Hasina sniped at the opposition saying they cared little for the poor people during a parliamentary discussion on poverty reduction strategies on Sunday. Hasina termed the absence of the main opposition BNP 'unfortunate' and said, "They don't have the urge to do something good of poor people. So they did not join.
The number of rural landless households in the country increased by 2.66 percentage points in 12 years, according to the latest survey by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS).
The budget envisages that employment opportunities for about 700,000 people would be created during the next fiscal year apart from providing employments for 49 lakh man-months for the hardcore poor.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina formally inaugurated the Vitamin A plus Campaign, June '2009 at her official residence Jamuna yesterday morning.
The government has decided not to allocate any fund in the upcoming budget for creating jobs for the ultra-poor and for financing small entrepreneurs, said official sources.
The Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital will again begin to provide free treatments to the poor in June this year, which remained suspended from 2001 for unknown reasons.
Every year the number of the poverty stricken people increases for a number of reasons most of which remain unattended by the government and its concerned departments.
Poor people are warming in fire for cold weather. l Photo: Banglar Chokh
ইত্তেফাক রিপোর্ট: সামাজিক ন্যায় বিচার প্রতিষ্ঠায় ব্যর্থতার কারণে গত কয়েক বছরে ধনী দরিদ্রের মধ্যে ব্যবধান আশ্চর্যজনকভাবে বেড়ে গেছে। ‘বিশ্ব ডিসেন্ট ওয়ার্ক দিবস’ পালন উপলক্ষে গতকাল মঙ্গলবার জাতীয় প্রেসক্লাবে আয়োজিত এক সংবাদ সম্মেলনে এ মত প্রকাশ করা হয়। পাশাপাশি ট্রেড ইউনিয়ন কার্যক্রমের ওপর সকল প্রকার বিধি নিষেধ প্রত্যাহারের দাবি জানানো হয়।
The poor people have started moving to different metropolitan cities including the capital Dhaka and towns in search of work and livelihood.
