The ongoing stabilisation process is particularly costly for the poor, while the wealthy are better positioned to cope, says the PRI principal economist ...

A wide range of extortion allegations have been reported against major political parties in Bangladesh as the South Asian ...

Bangladesh's success in reducing poverty since the 1990s was a global case study. The combination of a booming garment industry, remittance flows, microfinance, rural infrastructural development, and ...

While India, Bangladesh, Nepal have lifted millions out of multidimensional poverty, nearly all poor people in South Asia ...

A fire on Tuesday at a garment factory in Bangladesh and an adjacent chemical warehouse killed at least 16 people and injured others, and the death toll could rise, an official said. The cause of the ...

Toxic gas and a locked door that barred access to a roof were responsible for most of the deaths in a devastating fire in a ...

Bangladesh cricketer Marufa Akter opens up during the Women’s World Cup about growing up in poverty — “We were never invited ...

At least 16 people have died after a huge fire broke out at a garment factory in Bangladesh, with officials warning that the toll could rise.

Speaking to The Business Standard, they said design flaws, weak monitoring, and poor consultancy are to blame for the recurring safety failures.

After two decades, Bangladesh and Pakistan have revived their Joint Economic Commission in Dhaka to explore trade. But with ...