report in The Daily Star, Dec 9, 2023At least 27.51 lakh more Bangladeshis fell into poverty in 2022 due to the global food price hike and post Covid-19 impacts, according to a paper by a researcher at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). “The Covid-19 was the main driver of higher poverty in Bangladesh. But the world price spike in 2022 directly raised the cost of living for many households,” Angga Pradesha, a senior…