Motorized vehicles and rickshaws are standstill due to traffic snarl. The snap was taken from the city’s Topkhana Road on Sunday.

7 Jul 2014, 12:00 am0

Motorized vehicles and rickshaws are standstill due to traffic snarl. The snap was taken from the city's Topkhana Road on Sunday.

Pandemic widens gender gap in Bangladesh

The Covid-19 pandemic is widening the gender gap in Bangladesh, more in accessing economic opportunities. The country now needs to make significant progress in attaining gender equality in line with the global targets under Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Its earlier achievements have been challenged by the fallout of the coronavirus, particularly in the areas of education, employment, decision-making and overall women empowerment, says a report of the World Economic forum (WEF).The Geneva-based WEF in its latest Global Gender Gap Report...

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