The socio-economic consequences of the covid-19 lockdown on the economy of Bangladesh: An analysis

The main purpose of this study is to evaluate socio-economic impact of the economy in Bangladesh during the lockdown for COVID-19 situation by using secondary data. Bangladesh's economy is quickly expanding; however there are certain fundamental socio-economic issues such as poverty and unemployment. COVID-19 has a substantial impact on Bangladesh's marginalized population's quality of life. To cope with this continuous pandemic, many people from the informal economy have been forced to leave their employment and lose their earnings. Across the country, unemployment and poverty are on the rise. Economic growth has not been inclusive in Bangladesh, which has resulted in disadvantaged people becoming even needier as time has gone on. COVID-19 has had a harmful impact on marginalized people's life. The author found that the containment measures had a number of negative effects on the rural and urban economies. Rural households were required to cut their food consumption and receive government food assistance as well as private sector monetary assistance. Only growth-oriented policy initiatives, according to the author, will be insufficient to rebuild the economy after lockdown. Rather, Bangladesh must embrace employment oriented economic planning that will increase job creation and minimize poverty, income inequality, and resource allocation disparities

Role of Islamic NGOs in Poverty Alleviation of Bangladesh: An Empirical Analysis

Using a purposive sample of 1000 credit recipients, this study evaluates the influence of Islamic microfinance provided by six Islamic non-governmental organizations (NGO) on poverty alleviation in Bangladesh. In addition to borrower's subjective great change in poverty status, this research produced an additional measure changing poverty based on changes in household’s assets and education. According to different level logistic regression studies, the amount of credit, various Islamic NGOs, satisfaction level, and accepting PLS based loan as the main way of asset transformation were the variables of change in poor situation. Further research is needed to discover the sources of such heterogeneity in order to optimize the benefits of Islamic microfinance

Impact of Microcredit Program of BRAC on Poverty Alleviation: A Case Study of Jhenaidah District in Bangladesh

This main purpose of this study is to examine the role of conventional microcredit for poverty alleviation Bangladesh Government and Non-Government Organizations NGOs have been trying to alleviate poverty of its people NGOs provide microcredit to poor people to enhance their income and improve the living levels The study reveals that microcredit programs have generated positive results for large numbers of the poor Micro-credit has significant impacts on income savings and expenditure levels of the household The poor are not homogeneous so impact varies significantly among different segments of the population according to their socio-economic status gender background family composition and others The analysis shows that in general the microcredit is an instrument that can help to accumulate savings and income and finally assist to alleviate poverty But still it is not only the instrument that can alleviate poverty but it is the vital component that can help to the poor people for standard living levels Our analysis shows that after taking loan there is a significant change in the respondents income savings and expenditure

Development Policies for Eradication of Street Begging in Bangladesh

The purpose of this paper is to examine the situation of social exclusion of street beggar this paper also examines the development policies for beggar in Bangladesh and to understand how the existing policies can protect street beggars right and how they could enjoy country s currently available facilities It explored the linkage between beggars right in Bangladesh and inclusion of street beggar in development policies to improve their situation besides it is pointed the weakness of policies for not showing expected outcomes The data had been collected from analytical review of available literature on street begging in Bangladesh along with government and international organizations reports regarding this matter The findings of this work demonstrated less concentration about street begging in development policies for beggar together with not covering all street begging in running projects This study also revealed that due to societal neglect physically handicapped street beggars in contrast to other categories of street beggars have no option except to depend on other people for their daily bread The analysis advocated micro credit or collateral free loan or qard e hasana and Zakat as the prior policy for them to ensure the fundamental rights as a human being in Banglades

Service Quality of BRAC Bank in Bangladesh a Case Study

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Service quality of BRAC Bank in Bangladesh: a case study

Volume 1, Number 1, Octoberr17-20, 200

Foreign Remittance Inflow in Bangladesh: A Statistical Analysis

The major goal of this research is to assess Bangladesh's foreign remittance inflows In recent years, remittance has risen to prominence as one of the most important economic variables, since it helps with the surplus balance of payments, foreign reserves, aggregate savings, and money circulation After overcoming the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Bangladesh's foreign trade has begun to improve In comparison to the previous fiscal year, total export earnings declined by 16 93 percent to US$33,674 09 million in FY 2019-20 During the first half of fiscal year 2020-21, export earnings totaled US$ 35,180 81 million, up 13 64 % over the same period the previous fiscal year Furthermore, Remittance earnings are growing at a slower rate than emigration from Bangladesh, owing to a rising number of unskilled or semi-skilled laborers in overseas migration rather than professionals Remittances have a great impact on Bangladesh's economy

Superiority of Islamic Banking in Comparison with Conventional Banking in Bangladesh - A Comparative Study

This paper investigates the financial performance of interest- based conventional commercial banks and interestfree Islamic banks in Bangladesh using descriptive statistics ttest and test of hypotheses Data has been processed through Statistical Package for Social Science SPSS software The data consist of accounting figures of 4 interests based conventional commercial banks and 4 interest free Islamic banks from 2009 to 2013 The study revealed mixed results The study found that conventional commercial banks are superior in terms of performance regarding in commitment to economy and community development productivity and efficiency where performance of Islamic banks in terms of business development profitability liquidity and solvency is superior to that of conventional bank

Factors Affecting Academic Performance of Undergraduate Students at International Islamic University Chittagong (IIUC), Bangladesh

This study was conducted to examine different factors influencing socio-economic background and the academic performance of undergraduate students enrolled at International Islamic University Chittagong (IIUC) with a view to assessing their individual performances and improvements. The assessment covers comparative achievements of different faculties of IIUC-Shariah & Islamic Studies, Business Administration, Science & Engineering, Arts &Humanities and Laws. The data were collected from 200 undergraduate students from different faculties of International Islamic University Chittagong (IIUC) through separate structured questionnaire using the simple random sampling technique. For analysis, simple percentage and linear regression model were run to evaluate comparative importance of the factors. The result shows that over all CGPA of IIUC student is 3.25 (Out of 4.00). Regression results of academic performance of students have varied from faculty to faculty. The result also reveals that age, gender, past academic track, medium of education and absence in the classes have also influenced the academic performances of a student. The study has covered the period of academic year Autumn-2013 to Spring-2014. Keywords: Socio-economic Background, Regression, Faculties, IIUC, Bangladesh

Levels, Trends and Differentials of Natural Births and Cesarean Births in Chittagong, Bangladesh

The type of last delivery of a mother is vital as it has a significant impact on mother and child health. The percentage of cesarean or C-section births has increased alarmingly in Bangladesh. Births through C-section have complicated and unsafe when compared to normal deliveries although sometimes it is unavoidable. This study assessed the current scenario of cesarean births and natural births in the region of Chittagong, Bangladesh. A total of 569 mothers’ data have been collected by schedule methods from the different areas of Chittagong from October to December 2018. Descriptive Statistics, chi-square (χ2) test and binary logistic regression have been used to determine the performance of delivery status in Chittagong. Chi-square (χ2) test reveals that a number of factors are significantly associated with the performance of the delivery type. Binary logistic regression shows that only two factors ‘Delivery place’ and ‘Cost of last delivery’ have a significant effect on delivery status in Chittagong. Keywords: Delivery type; C-section; Natural birth; Chittagong; Bangladesh DOI: 10.7176/JHMN/69-04 Publication date: December 31st 201