Jannat Adib Chowdhury

Ever since the outbreak of coronavirus in March in the country, Bangladesh’s economy has been severely affected, particularly because of its overdependence on RMG sector exports and remittance earnings from the migrant workers.

The Covid-19 pandemic has shown the fragility and brokenness of Bangladesh’s health system. But what we may fail to realise is that Covid-19 is also making way for aggravating the already perilous situation of sexual violence against women and children in Bangladesh.

This year's Independence Day has come with a new sense of pride and the hope of a promising future. Our country's move from low-income country (LIC) status to lower-middle-income country (LMIC), as per the World Bank's classification, has created hopes that Bangladesh's economic development will go a long way in the upcoming years.