“When I called Shamim, he said he got Tk 8,000 instead of his regular salary of Tk 12,000 in April. A family relocating to a lower rent house in Dhaka as the coronavirus crisis hits livelihoods hard while the cost of living rises. A family leaving the Dhaka city for their village home with their belongings on a pickup as the coronavirus crisis hits livelihoods hard. The average monthly income slipped to Tk 7,096 from Tk 24,565 in every thana after the lockdown was imposed. The poverty rate can only be kept below 25 percent if 50 percent of workers’ income is recovered in both the third and final quarter, he said while warning about dire economic consequences otherwise.

Source: bd News24 July 08, 2020 07:52 UTC