Vice-Chancellor of Dhaka University Prof Dr. Akhtaruzzaman visits puja mandaps of different halls of the university including Rokeya Hall on Saturday on the occasion of Saraswati Puja. NN photo

Covid-19 plunges 150 m children into poverty

The number of children living in multidimensional poverty has soared to approximately 1.2 billion due to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a new UNICEF and Save the Children analysis published on Thursday.The analysis says that this is a 15 per cent increase in the number of children living in deprivation in low- and middle-income countries, or an additional 150 million children since the pandemic hit earlier this year, said a press release sent in Dhaka.Although the analysis paints a dire...

18 Sep 2020, 12:00 am

Vice-Chancellor of Dhaka University Prof Dr. Akhtaruzzaman visits puja mandaps of different halls of the university including Rokeya Hall on Saturday on the occasion of Saraswati Puja. NN photo

Covid-19 plunges 150 m children into poverty

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6 held over bomb attack on train in Habiganj

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Vice-Chancellor of Dhaka University Prof Dr. Akhtaruzzaman visits puja mandaps of different halls of the university including Rokeya Hall on Saturday on the occasion of Saraswati Puja. NN photo

Covid-19 plunges 150 m children into poverty

Rawhide prices lowered more ahead Eid-ul-Azha

Messi and Suarez strike again as Barca advance in Copa del Rey

6 held over bomb attack on train in Habiganj

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