Globalisation has been posing a potential threat to economy, politics and society of a country like Bangladesh, said economist MM Akash in his keynote paper at the closing session of the two-day workshop in the city.

Prof. Mohammad Anisur Rahman said globalisation was an evil means of exploiting the world's cheap labour.

Beneficiaries of the system propound the existing definition of poverty, which does not have room for the issue of social security of the people, he said.

"Social security and right to aesthetic aspects of life should come within the purview of the definition of people's basic rights," Prof. Rahman said. "It should encompass man's helplessness and sorrow while defining poverty."

Executive Director of the Alliance for Development Support Shamsul Huda summed up suggestions and observations made during four sessions of the workshop, organised by Nijera Kori, an NGO.