As of now, the extreme poverty rate in Bangladesh stands at 5.6 percent. But even so, at the district-level, there are a number of areas which have consistently found their place in the high-poverty lists referred to in several of the five-year plans.
On August 27, the finance ministry approved a proposal to spend Tk 380 crore to buy 261 new vehicles for deputy commissioners (DCs) and upazila nirbahi officers (UNOs).