Poverty Eradication
& Inequality
The World Bank classifies those who earn less than $1.90 a day as extremely poor. According to a recent report by the World Bank, about half of the people in Bangladesh are at risk of poverty due to COVID-19 and climate change. And with the fear of increasing poverty in Bangladesh, the World Bank has also expressed doubts about the eradication of extreme poverty by 2030 under the SDGs. SDG-10 is to ensure equal opportunities by reducing income inequality among all, irrespective of rich-poor, caste-religion as well as working to increase the income of the lowest 40 percent of the population.
We urge the authority to take necessary steps to get rid of poverty and inequality! May the future Bangladesh be filled with happiness and peace.
Imran Hossain Emon
Student, Department of Sociology
HMDSTU
Plastic Use Should
Be Restricted
It seems unbelievable that every day about 3000 tons of plastic waste is produced in Bangladesh. Single-use plastics and other plastic products have already clogged the drains and canals of the city and also ruined many of our rivers. A report published a few years ago stated how the Buriganga River became toxic due to plastic waste, and how all the living creatures in the river are dying due to plastic pollution.
The hazardous elements emitted through plastic pollution can cause various chronic diseases in humans, including cancer. Therefore, it is necessary to limit our use of plastics, increase the production of jute products to be used instead of plastics, raise public awareness about the issue and enforce the laws enacted by the government.
Mahmudul Haq Hasan
Dhaka College
