Helping Bangladesh Recover from COVID-19
To help Bangladesh during this crisis, the IMF has approved emergency loans totaling around $732 million. IMF Country Focus spoke with the IMF’s resident representative for Bangladesh
Media Tracking Report on the Role of Women Trade Union Leaders and Domestic Violence
This study will aim to examine the role that women are playing in the COVID-19 crisis from two angles. It will first look into the role that women trade union leaders are playing in the ongoing negotiations with the different stakeholders in the readymade garments (RMG) sector in tackling the pandemic.
Covid-19 has increased children’s exposure to traffickers
With Covid-19 bringing economic activities across nations to a halt, more and more people are being pushed into poverty. Job losses, business losses and farming losses, leading to economic stress, are pushing many to the fringes of poverty.
সর্বজনীন সুরক্ষার চিন্তা করতে হবে – ড. দেবপ্রিয় ভট্টাচার্য
এবারের বাজেটে ৪টি চ্যালেঞ্জ রয়েছে। এগুলো হল- করোনায় সৃষ্ট স্বল্পমেয়াদি সমস্যার সঙ্গে মধ্যমেয়াদি কর্মসূচির সম্পর্ক স্থাপন, বাজেটে অর্থায়ন, প্রবৃদ্ধিনির্ভর উন্নয়ন চিন্তা বাদ দিয়ে করোনায় ক্ষতিগ্রস্ত প্রান্তিক মানুষের আয় বাড়ানো এবং বাজেট বাস্তবায়ন।
Covid-19 infections are rising fast in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan
Over the past week Bangladesh, India and Pakistan have largely lifted nationwide lockdowns intended to curb the spread of covid-19. The freeing of 1.7bn people—more than a fifth of humanity—from varied restrictions will bring relief to the region’s battered economies.
Fighting cyclones and coronavirus: how we evacuated millions during a pandemic
Bangladesh has battled the twin perils of a super-cyclone and Covid-19. We can offer lessons for others facing similar dangers.
Effect of COVID-19 on RMG sector and Trade Union Efforts to Mitigate Fall Out
The readymade garments (RMG) sector is the biggest foreign currency generating industry in Bangladesh, but this sector is faced with the challenge of mass cancellations of orders from buyers in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, with more than one million garments sector workers already being dismissed.
First Rohingya refugee dies from coronavirus in Bangladesh
An elderly Rohingya refugee has become the first person to die from the novel coronavirus in the camps in southern Bangladesh, officials said.
Can Bangladesh deal with mountains of COVID-19 medical waste?
Experts say more resources and public awareness are urgently needed in Bangladesh to ensure discarded medical waste does not make the coronavirus pandemic worse. Bangladesh was already struggling with poor medical waste management before the coronavirus pandemic.
Renewable energy could be Bangladesh’s best option post Covid-19
In the post Covid-19 era, renewable energy could be the best suitable option for Bangladesh to reset its power sector development policy to come out of the obligation for capacity payment to idle power plants, says a recent study.