IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON BANGLADESH ---- 

  Healthcare system  
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7543838/ 
The emergence of the pandemic arose the most important need of strong health
care systems around the world. In the context of Bangladesh, the healthcare
system usually functions really well considering it being a developing country.
Yet during the pandemic, the health care system started lacking in proactivity and
dependability. Bangladesh was unprepared for the incoming COVID-19 despite
the 2 month period since it spread in Asia. They are also deficient in reactivity 
and responsiveness to deliver critical health needs to the public. Moreover, the
rural areas in Bangladesh have always been inadequate in concern with  medical
facilities. Above it all, whatever advantages or tax redemptions are available at
either local or private hospitals are taken up by the rich or middle class families,
thereby depriving people who actually need these. With COVID-19 present, the
situation is expected to worsen. The COVID-19 pandemic exposes several
healthcare system anomalies that can be outlined under three themes: 1)
inadequate governance and heightened corruption, 2) limited treatment services,
and 3) weak coordination with public health. Existing laws like the Disaster
Management Act 2012 and Infectious Disease (Prevention, Control, and
Elimination) Act 2018  too failed in providing what it promises to, being
unsuccessful in bringing the act in effect. As a result, Private hospitals across the
nation were either unable to treat COVID-19 patients or dissented from treating
them, thereby increasing obstruction of health care. A large portion of  the
population around the country suffered and the number of deaths increased due to
mismanagements and insensitive synchronization by the responsible parties.
Lastly, patients with Covid-19 symptoms as well as patients with other health
issues are also turned away from several hospitals due to inadequacy of hospital
resources and the increasing cases. 

 Readymade Garment (RMG) workers 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7454782/ 
One of the areas which has been majorly affected due to the pandemic is the
RMG sector. Covid-19 has posed serious threats for the RMG workers, who have
been heavily affected because of business freeze and the inability to fulfill mass
orders. A number of factories were made to shut down, jobs were lost and
starvation increased more than ever in the nation. A large number of the RMG
workers had no choice other than returning back to their hometown as living in
Dhaka became burdensome. Research and surveys presented reports of 2675
respondents among which 14% faced problems with no food reserves and 29%
surviving with food that potentially lasted for 1-3 days. Upon asking, an RMG
worker replied he had to sell vegetables to make ends meet. As a main outcome of
 Covid-19, starvation was assured. Further, the factory management contacted and
informed the RMG workers to return to work and if not they did not; they would
lose their job as well as any dues on their salary. This caused panic between the
workers as difficulties arose in terms of transportation; public transport was
unavailable and no alternatives provided by the management which deliberately
forced the workers to come up with their own means of transportation which
therefore caused more challenges for them as they were more susceptible to the
virus. Moreover, cases of rape and suicides arose among the RMG workers which
had a huge impact on the female workers mentally due to increasing anxiety and
fear. 

 Impact on education
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/342809736_Analyzing_COVID-
19_Challenges_in_Bangladesh 
Educational institutions and systems have been disrupted since COVID-19 took
over, resulting in pushing students temporarily away. Initially, the educational
institutions and the authority decided on not shutting down. Moreover, the schools
did not have enough resources in terms of safety and hygiene for the students and
teachers. Many parents as well as the teachers demanded the institutions to shut
down due to the lack of safety and hygiene as the fear increased. Furthermore, as
the cases of COVID-19 increased across the nation, posing more threat on the
youth, Education Minister, Dr. Dipu Moni declared the temporary halt of all
academic institutions. As a result, the H.S.C exam was forced to postpone until
further notice, growing worry and panic among the students. Certain predictions
also mentioned the impossibility to recover from such a catastrophe which would
increase the rate of school dropout as well as the rate of early marriages. In
contrast, even though private universities continue their courses online, they face
several challenges as well, such as poor availability of internet services around the
country, students being unfamiliar with online classes and exams, etc.  Likewise,
it becomes tough for the teachers too as they are more accustomed in helding
classes conventionally. With reference to all the issues being faced in the
educational area, mental stress of the students during this time is no less.