From village tea stalls to city talk shows, Bangladesh is debating how to navigate the coronavirus crisis and restore economic growth. As predicting the future remains guesswork at best, I shall not today attempt to do it. Instead, I found the following table of numbers arresting.
Before Covid-19 hit the country, all activities in the real estate sector including construction, promotion and sales were encouraging. The upward trend of investment continued further in the 2020 when the amount of advances was recorded at around Tk 800 billion. Now, it is getting difficult for...
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage the health and safety of the citizens of Bangladesh, the economy plummets due to mandatory closure.  Low income and/or labour-intensive jobs, which represent most of the informal sector and a significant share of SMEs, have been most affected. Many of...
It is not very likely that the world will be the same place ever again. Many new skills and mind-sets will be needed to survive and flourish in the new post-pandemic future.  The new normal has pushed the entire paradigm to a new level. Students are opting...
The Covid-19 pandemic continued it onslaught and expanded over 200 countries and regions around the world since its outbreak in China on December last. In case of pessimistic scenario assuming that the virus is not highly seasonal and that cases continue to grow throughout 2020, there will...