Dhaka, Nov. 10 -- Poverty and income inequality are rising in Bangladesh, with an estimated 60-70 percent of the population either living below the poverty line or remaining vulnerable to falling into poverty, economist Dr Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad said on Tuesday.

"Poverty is increasing, and there is no room for doubt about it," he said at the launching ceremony of the Bangladesh Poverty Watch Report 2025: Demystifying Poverty Dynamics of Slum Dwellers in Dhaka City at the BRAC Centre in the capital.

Citing estimates from different research organisations, he said the poverty rate in 2025 stood at 21.4 percent according to the World Bank, 23.1 percent according to the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) and 27.9 percent ac...