Covid-19 impacts

File Photo: Mumit M/TBS
Economy

Municipalities fail to pay staff as revenues dip

If the World Bank provides a loan of $300 million to offset Covid-19’s effects, $182 million would be given to municipalities and $93 million to 10 city corporations over three years

Photo: Collected
Economy

Daycare centres shutting down as kids stay away, rents pile up

After suffering in the early months of the pandemic, digital cloud prospered under Covid-19 and the blossomed to undertake expansions. Photo: Bloomberg
Panorama

Covid-19 impact on industries: The winners and losers

As the government closed schools, many parents simultaneously suspended private tutors’ services. Photo: Natasha
Education

Tuition fee issue still unresolved, guardians worried

Md Islam.
Thoughts

Bangladesh ICT sector in Covid world: Impacts and way outs

A customer checks different brands of oil at a hypermart in the city. Photo: Mumit M
Panorama

Frozen food and hair trimmers: How Covid-19 changed consumption for us

Dr Md Monirul Islam.
Thoughts

Recovery from Covid-19: Impacts on aquaculture and fisheries

The 2.5-month cumulative data of the IEDCR point to a gradual decline in infections and a growth in people’s immunity as bodies generate antibodies against the virus. Photo: Reuters/Mohammad Ponir Hossain
Economy

Covid-19: Women bear the economic brunt the most

Around 1.7m youths may lose jobs in 2020 for pandemic
Bangladesh

Around 1.7m youths may lose jobs in 2020 for pandemic

Migrating to the city is difficult for rural poor as they have to live in slums and feed their families with low but daily income. Photo: Mumit M/TBS.
Thoughts

Trapped population: The combined impact of climate change and Covid-19

An insured loss? Photo: Getty images/ Bloomberg
Global Economy

Can the finance industry be trusted this time?

Illustration: Asifur Rahman
Panorama

Has Covid-19 provided radical groups with fertile hunting ground?

Photo: Mumit M
Trade

Eid knocking at the door, customer turnout still low