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Care Bangladesh survey: Poor people trying to survive on loans, cattle sale

by Iftekhar Mahmud in Prothom Alo, Mar 20,2023Mariyam Begum, 72, and her daughter Bono Begum, 52, are from a remote village of Kurigram. Both the mother and the daughter are agricultural workers and earn Tk 200-250 a day. They also receive an old age allowance of Tk 500 a month. Since they have got no workover the past couple of months, they depend on the monthly old-age allowance. They now have meals twice a day…