Dhaka, Nov. 12 -- Chief Whip Nurul Islam Moni on Thursday stressed the need for economic empowerment of disadvantaged communities, saying adequate income opportunities are essential to improving their living standards and bringing them into the mainstream.

"People will not be well off until money comes into their households," he said at the inauguration of a parliamentary caucus for disadvantaged communities at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre in the capital.

The caucus has been formed to advance the rights and interests of disadvantaged communities, with the Citizen's Platform for SDGs, Bangladesh, serving as its secretariat.

The Chief Whip said people with adequate incomes could ensure better food, housing, clothing,...