Taskforce report highlights barriers to poverty alleviation

The universal pension would be out of reach of the extremely poor, such as day labourers, due to their inability to make contributions.

The first case was brought to our attention by RTI activists promoting the law at the grassroots level in Bangladesh.

We need to refocus old age care to ensuring “a good life for the elderly people” rather than on “prolonging their lives.”

Govt must ensure efficient realisation of the UPS

Under the social welfare ministry, there are currently six old homes.

Shamsul Huda, a beneficiary of the government’s social safety net programmes, lives in a rickety little tin- shack in Noboganga area under Paba upazila of Rajshahi.