Freedom from poverty: A new life
Reshma Begum (25) is a housewife. Her husband Mannon Morol (30) is a landless and extreme poor day labourer. They are living at Par-Ramnathpur village under Paikgacha upazila of Khulna district. They lived in a small hut which was in a dilapidated condition. ...
Abdul Jalil Sana and 57 landless families received khasland in Assasuni upazila of Satkhira
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...
Fighting for land to fight poverty
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...
People Took Initiatives for Changing Policy : A Case on People’s Movement for coastal wetland conservation
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...
Poverty Reduction through ensuring poor people’s control of and access to land
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...
The Ground Reality: The Plight and Challenges of the Landless People on their Quest for their Land Right in the Southwest Region
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...