COVID-19 Recovery Index | Bangladesh is Top in South Asia

The whole world is devastated by the deadly COVID-19 Corona virus. Rich nations like America, Russia, Germany, Britain also lost their way due to this epidemic. However, Bangladesh has risen to the top of the South Asian Coronavirus epidemic recovery. Bangladesh is at the top of the South Asian countries in Japan's Nikkei Kovid-19 recovery index.

At the end of each month, Japan's leading English daily Nikki Asia Global publishes this corona index based on infection control management, vaccination programs and social movements. The index is based on a score of 0 to 90 based on four criteria.

According to the Nikkei index released on 6 October 2021, Bangladesh has improved 48 steps compared to the previous index. Nikkei compiled the index after reviewing the corona virus situation in 121 countries and regions around the world. Bangladesh is currently ranked 26th out of 121 countries in the world.

According to the index, Bangladesh is at the top among the six countries in South Asia with 60 out of 90 scores. Pakistan is second only to Bangladesh in this region. The country got a score of 58.5 against. Pakistan ranks 33rd globally.

 

On the other hand, India is one of the third largest economies in South Asia. India ranks 40th in the world. Nepal is 44th and Sri Lanka is 61st. At the bottom of the region is Afghanistan; The country ranks 97th in the world.

Bangladesh was ranked 74th in Nikkei Asia's previous index. The Japanese index said that the higher the position of the countries considering the lower rate of infection and the higher rate of vaccination and the relaxed social distance rules, the better their position in recovery from COVID-19.

Malta is at the top of this index with the highest score of 73. It is followed by Chile in second place (72 points), Bahrain in third place (72 points), United Arab Emirates in fourth place (71 points) and Saudi Arabia in 5th place with 70.5 places.

Nikkei Asia has been publishing this index of corona virus epidemics since July 2021. Although China has been at the top of the index since then, the country's position has declined by nine steps in September. The Philippines is at the bottom of the index (121st) with a score of 30.5. It is followed by Laos (120th), Gabon (119th), Vietnam (118th) and Barbados and Angola jointly 116th.

Last month, Bangladesh raised five places to 39th out of 53 countries in the US media Bloomberg's Covid Resilience or Covid Tolerance Index. Bangladesh was ranked 44th in this Bloomberg index last August.

 

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Breastfeeding offers innumerable health, development, and economic benefits to both the mother and child, and nations. At present, only 41% of infants of 0-6 months are exclusively breastfed globally. It is very important for every country around the world to increase rates of optimal breastfeeding and infant and young child feeding practices. The World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative (WBTi) assists countries to assess and monitor the status of and benchmark progress in implementation of the Global Strategy in a standard way.

The WBTi is based on the WHO's “ Tool for the national assessment of policy and programmes on infant and young child feeding” and `1measures ten parameters of policy and programmes that protect, promote and support optimal infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices. It identifies gaps and calls upon governments to bridge these. WBTi maintains a Global Data Repository of the policies and programmes in 98 countries.

Based on the 10 indicators on policy and programmes (on a scale of 100) the WBTi published a report of World Ranking where Bangladesh is at the Top Position with a score of 91.5 (out of 100). WBTi provides objective scoring and colour coding to it’s 10 indicators of policy & programmes. Each indicator is scored out of a maximum of 10 and gets the colour code as Red, Yellow, Blue, and Green in ascending order of performance based on the WBTi guideline. 

1. Bangladesh 91.5
2. Sri Lanka 91
3. Afghanistan 89
4. Cuba 87.5
5. Gambia 83
6. Bolivia 81
7. Turkey 80
8. Elsalvador 79.5
9. Niger 77
10. Kenya 77
11. Kuwait 77
12. Malawi 75.5
13. Bahrain 74.5
14. Ukraine 74
15. Mongolia 73.5
16. Vietnam 73
17. South Africa 71.5
18. Brazil 70
19. Ghana 69.5
20. Zambia 69.5
21. China 69.5
22. Maldives 69.5
23. Cambodia 69
24. Mali 68
25. Philippines 68
26. Zimbabwe 67.5
27. Nigeria 67.5
28. Cameroon 66.5
29. Argentina 66
30. Malta 65.5
31. Croatia 65.5
32. Panama 65
33. Pakistan 64.5
34. Mozambique 64
35. Georgia 64
36. Venezuela 64
37. Jordan 63.5
38. Dominican Republic 63.5
39. Nepal 63
40. United Republic Of Tanzania 61.5
41. Nicaragua 61.5
42. Lesotho 61
43. Burkina Faso 61
44. Thailand 60.5
45. Portugal 60.5
46. Bosnia And Herzegovina 60
47. Swaziland 59
48. Uganda 59
49. Malaysia 58.5
50. Guatemala 58
51. Seychelles 57.5
52. Armenia 57
53. Costa Rica 57
54. Gabon 56.5
55. Republic Of Korea 56.5
56. Moldova, Republic Of 56.5
57. Brunei Darussalam 56
58. Saudi Arabia 56
59. Ethiopia 55
60. Fiji 55
61. Bhutan 55
62. Egypt 55
63. Kiribati 53.5
64. Sierra Leone 53
65. Italy 52
66. Indonesia 51.5
67. United Kingdom 50.5
68. Macedonia 50.5
69. Peru 50.5
70. Colombia 49
71. Switzerland 48
72. Belgium 48
73. France 47.5
74. Ecuador 47
75. Sao Tome And Principe 46.5
76. Uruguay 46.5
77. Lebanon 46
78. Mexico 45.5
79. India 45
80. Botswana 44.5
81. Chile 44.5
82. Honduras 43.5
83. Morocco 42.5
84. Belize 41.5
85. Timorleste 41
86. United States 40.5
87. Taiwan 40.5
88. Austria 40
89. Singapore 40
90. Oman 39.5
91. Lithuania 38.5
92. Palau 35.5
93. Spain 35
94. Paraguay 34.5
95. Germany 33.5
96. Australia 25.5
97. Cape Verde 22.5
98. Libya 19

Advantages of Breastfeeding:

• Breastfeeding is one of the most effective ways to ensure child health and survival.
• Breastmilk is the ideal food for infants. It is safe, clean and contains antibodies which help protect against many common childhood illnesses.
• Continued breastfeeding also pause ovulation and menstruation.
• Breastmilk provides all the energy and nutrients that the infant needs for the first months of life
• Breastmilk continues to provide up to half or more of a child’s nutritional needs during the second half of the first year, and up to one third during the second year of life.
• Breastfed children perform better on intelligence tests, are less likely to be overweight or obese and less prone to diabetes later in life.
• Mother who breastfeed have a lower risk for depression and they also have a reduced risk of breast and ovarian cancers.
• It saves time and money.

To see the full report visit the official website of World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative (WBTi).

 

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SONALI BAG from Jute | Best Polythene Alternative | Made in Bangladesh

Jute is a traditional financial crop of Bangladesh. At present, over eight lac hectares of land are cultivating jute and related crops. With the United Nations announcement of the year 2009 as "international natural fiber year" and due to increasing of environmental awareness in developed countries, the popularity or use of environmental catastrophes products is declining steadily around the world.

A new era was started by Professor Mubarak Ahmed Khan, chief scientific adviser of the Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC). Through the invention of his eco-friendly poly-bag made from jute, a new dream in the jute sector has already started becoming true.

Sonali Bag:

The golden bag is a type of polythene bag made from jute. Professor Mobarak Ahmed Khan, a Bangladeshi scientist, discovered this process of producing polythene bags from jute. After invention of the golden bag, the experimental production began on May 2017 in Latif Bawani Jute Mills. The factory started producing environment friendly 2000 pieces of polybags from Jute's cellulose. Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has named this polythene bag from jute as ‘SONALI BAG’.

Method of making Sonali Bag from Jute:

Structurally, the jute is composed of complex polymers consisting mainly of cellulose 75%, hemicelluloses 15% and lignin 10%. Besides, because of the small amount of fat, wax, nitrogenous matter, beta-carotene and xanthophylls, jute is deciduous and environment friendly. In 2017, Professor Mubarak Ahmed Khan, a noted scientist of the Atomic Energy Commission, invented the Sonali Bag from Jute cellulose which is very much environmentally friendly.

First, cellulose is extracted from the waste jute fibers that are thrown away from the jute mills. These cellulose which is insoluble in water, is subsequently modified using some chemical products. Cross-linkers are mixed with soluble cellulose. The chemical reaction is carried out inside a drawer machine at a particular temperature. It dries out of the machine in the form of plastic sheets. Later the sheet gets polybag shape by cutting. It is possible to get one kilogram of polythene from one kilogram of jute.

More than 50 percent of cellulose is present in the bags produced. This waterproof polybag costs from BD Taka 250 to 300 per kg. But if the bag is manufactured and marketed commercially, the price will be further reduced. Fully digestible and environment friendly, the bag lasts for about five hours in water and then begins to melt slowly. Since there is not any harmful chemicals so it increases soil fertility by completely mixing within 5-6 months. It looks like a normal polythene bags of the market, but it is one and a half times more durable and stronger than usual polyethylene bags. This bag can be used as packaging material for specially made garments and also for storing food items.

Impact of polythene on the environment:

More than one million polyethylene bags in every minute are used in the world. Only one percent of it is processed for recycling and 10 percent is dumped into the sea. These polybags will not digest and won’t mix with the soil for a hundred years. It will harm people with harmful effects, including large numbers of birds and aquatic animals. In Bangladesh, the production of polythene started on a commercial basis in 1982. Due to the excessive use of polythene, in 1998 the sewerage system was disrupted in various cities including the capital of the country. Then, production, marketing and sale of polythene bags were prohibited by law in the country in 2002. Despite various government initiatives, the use of polythene could not be controlled as there was no cheap and other alternative.

Importance as an alternative to polythene:

The importance of polythene made by jute as an alternative to present polythene is understood from the decision to ban polythene that is a serious risk to the environment around the world. Bangladesh has banned the use of polythene with 72 countries of the world. In all countries, there are punishments for the use of polythene but the use could not be stopped. The Kenyan government issued a rule to arrest anyone after seeing with polythene in hand. The Ugandan airport had provisions for arresting anyone with polythene. But since polythene had no alternative, it could not be implemented for long. Ireland's government has imposed additional taxes to reduce the use of polythene bags. Portugal, Spain also started same actions. European Parliament is going to implement a law banning polythene bags in European countries since 2020.

Several countries are interested to buy Sonali Bags from Bangladesh:

Already the Melbourne City Council authorities in Australia have expressed interest in buying the bag to keep the city polythene-free and a US-based business firm in Dubai has placed order to buy 25,000 pieces of polybags a month. On October 2019, a memorandum of understanding (MoU) and an NDA were signed with a UK company for commercial production of Sonali Bags from Jute. Recently, countries in the world, including Italy, Brazil, Bhutan, China, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Taiwan, Tanzania, Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom, have started reducing use of environmental harmful elements, including synthetic polybags.

Various steps of the Bangladesh Government:

Formulation of capital policy EcoTax is being imposed on polythene reforms and use of products. For the protection of the environment the ‘Wrap Act 2010’ has been announced for wrap 17 types of products including fertilizers, sugar, rice etc. For these products the use of jute wrap is mandatory for sale, distribution and supply. The provision for use of wrappers made of all jute-made products is made as a wrapper of the products produced by all public and private organizations. If the use of jute wrapping in the product is fully implemented, the demand for jute bags in the country will increase from 90,000 to 840 million pcs in the country. The government has taken initiatives to establish a Jute Village at a cost of Taka 2,000 crore in 200 acres land beside Padma River to provide the raw materials for making multipurpose jute products. From January 2019, the Bangladesh Jute Mill Corporation has been working to produce 25,000 pcs bags daily. As a result, the future of Bangladesh's golden jute may change.

There is currently a global demand for 500 billion deciduous polybags. If we can produce jute sonali bag to meet this demand of the world, it will start a new trend in Bangladesh economy. Private investment should be encouraged alongside the government. Sonali Bags will be hugely popular as an alternative to polythene bags if the cost can be reduce. Currently investing the entire jute produced in our country, it is possible to meet one third of the global demand. If we can ensure the use of jute fibers internally, it will be possible to get a fair price of the jute, as well as to bring the fallen land under jute cultivation, and to make possible progress in the jute sector. New opportunities for jute will be exposed. And the jute will remove the use of polythene forever that is destroying the environment.

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Exotic or Foreign Fruits in Bangladesh

Bangladesh has recently achieved considerable success in producing fruits. According to the World Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), fruit production in Bangladesh has increased at an average rate of 11 percent per year for the past 18 years, which has not happened in any other country in the world.

Foreign fruits on the soil of Bangladesh:

We call Lichu (litchi) a Bangladeshi fruit. But once, this litchi fruit also came from far away China, and even the name Lichu is not a Bangla name, it’s Chinese. Thus, many of the fruits that we now know as indigenous fruits, have come from abroad and made their way to the soil of our country. They have slowly become popular. That trend continues, and will be in the future.

Over the past decade, at least 20 foreign fruits have arrived in this country. These are Strawberry, Dragon Fruit, Malta, Rambutan, Sour Soap or tok aata, Alobokhara, Mangosteen, Canistel or Zaman Fruit, Passion Fruit, Persimmon, Avocado, Cocoa, Grape, Peach fruit, Cherry, Longan, Saudi Khorma, Bread Fruit, Shantol, Rock Mellon, etc.

There are also many exotic fruits came before, such as almonds. In addition, some fruits that were in this country, but with the advent of some new varieties, there has been a great change in the cultivation and production of those fruits, such as Thai guava. With these varieties of Thailand guava, we can now eat delicious guavas all year long.

Likewise, the delicious mango varieties Katimon which can be found around the year or un-season, Brunei king mango which weighing two or three kilograms, mango palmar in red gourd, long varieties of yellow mango like bananas, and even Amrapali which are soaked in the soil of the country. Thai Jamrul, sweet arbaroi, sweet cinnamon, sweet karmacha, sweet kamranga, color sharifa, dwarfs coconut, non-seasonal watermelons etc are now available here.

Bangladeshi Local Fruits:

The most common and popular fruit varieties that cultivated commercially inside the country, such as jackfruit, mango, guava, banana, pineapple, watermelon, papaya, litchi, coconut, jujube (kul-boroi), various lemons. These are called seasonal conventional fruits of Bangladesh.

Among the obsolete fruits of the country are bell (Bengal quince), Kodbel/bael, tetul (tamarind), Amra fruit (hog plum), olive, Jaam/Jam/Kalojaam (Jambul), jamrul (water apple), gulapjam (rose jaamun), orange, chinar, lukuki/torfoi, deua, kamranga, karmacha, etc. Various wild fruits are bet-fal, chapalish jackfruit, timtoah, akura, butijaam, putijaam, kaufal, boiychi, wood peanut, wild peanut, wild/forest mango etc.

Reduce fruit import:

Due to the scarcity and demand of fruits, there are currently some exotic fruits available in this market. Among these are apples, grapes, oranges, pears, pomegranate, kiwi, dragon fruit, persimmon, mango, avocado, etc. Foreign fruit imports have been gradually declining due to continuous fruit production in the country and interest of human in domestic fruits. The quantity of fruit imported from abroad was around 3,56000 tons in 2017-18 year but in 2018-19 it was reduced to around 3,00,000 tons.

Research on fruits:

A total of 177 modern varieties of 40 different species of fruits have been invented by various research and educational institutes in this country. Of these:

• Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) invented 84 varieties fruits of 35 species
• Bangladesh Agricultural University has invented 84 varieties fruits of 24 species
• Patuakhali University of Science and Technology has invented 7 varieties of 5 species
• Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agriculture University has invented two varieties of two species

In addition, several technologies have been developed for fruit cultivation. Fruit production is increasing day by day with the expansion and use of these varieties and technologies.

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Dhaka Elevated Expressway will Open in 2021

Buses will run from Uttara Airport to Jatrabari Kutubkhali without any interruption through the Dhaka Elevated Expressway which is under construction. There will be no traffic congestion in this 20 kilometers long road way, not any traffic signals. People will be able to reach from one end of the city to the other end. This will be the benefit of Dhaka Eligible Expressway.

The Dhaka-Chittagong highway will connect to this Expressway and hope the construction will end in September 2021. This Expressway will be open for vehicular traffic from September-2021. Based on this goal, the project is progressing fast. At present in the project area, the workers and engineers are working 24 hours non-stop due to the dry season facility.

50% of the work of the first phase of this project has already been completed from Airport to Banani section. The second phase is from the Banani railway station to Moghbazar railway crossing which is expected to complete in July next year and the third or final phase will be completed in September 2021 which is from Maghbazar railway crossing to Kutubakhali in Dhaka-Chittagong Highway.

According to the government's plan, the project will be opened for transportation when the project is completed from the Kawla near Airport Railway station to Banani rail crossing and from the Banani rail crossings to the Magbazar railway crossing. At the same time, the third phase of work will continue.

The Dhaka Elevated Expressway has so far made 50% progress in the first phase and the overall progress of the project is 20%. There are total number of 1,304 piles in the expressway. Of these, 280 pile caps, 62 cross-beam constructions have been completed. Hundred percent works of 163 columns of the project is done. The remaining 84 columns were partially completed and the construction of 186 i-girders was completed. Apart from this, the work of establishing two span i-girders has already been completed.

The total cost of this project has been estimated to be 8,940 crore BD Taka. Total length of this flyover is about 20 kilometers. The route is starting from Kawla near Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport- Kuril Bishwa road- Banani- Mohakhali- Tejgaon- Maghbazar- Kamalapur- Sayedabad- Jatrabari- Kutubkhali of Dhaka-Chittagong Highway.

The project is being implemented on the basis of Public Private Partnership (PPP) basis. If the project is implemented, the traffic congestion will be reduced considerably inside Dhaka city. It will take only 20 minutes to Kutubakhali from the Airport. There will not even any traffic signals. As a result, vehicles coming from Chittagong city will not stuck in the inner streets of Dhaka city.

The passenger will be able to reach Chittagong from north part of Dhaka without facing any kind of traffic congestion. Not only that, the Dhaka Elevated Expressway will also provide regional connectivity to the Asian Highway corridor and this connectivity will be more advanced and dynamic.

It will also reduce travel costs because the fuel costs will decrease due to this expressway. The most profitable will be the time consuming during the journey. Within in a short span of time passengers will be able to travel 20 km distance. This will also accelerate the economic development of the country. Add new dimension to GDP, new horizons will be created in the field of communication in Dhaka city as well as the whole country.

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Bangladesh enters into Russian Economic Block

Bangladesh is going to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Russia-lead Eurasian Economic Commission. The agreement is called "Memorandum of Cooperation between the European Economic Commission and the Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh". Support activities in 18 sectors including agriculture, industry, services, energy and communication will continue, opportunities for labor export will be created in Russia.

This agreement memorandum will be signed on May 31 in Moscow's capital of Russia. This compromise memorandum speaks of mutual assistance in 18 sectors. These are: trade facilities, economic growth and macroeconomic review, strategic policy, customs policies and procedures, assistance for removal of sanitary and phyto-sanitary for vegetable export, financial market, communication, energy policy, agricultural industry, competitive policy, industry, intellectual property, trade Investments in the services sector, consumer rights protection, entrepreneur development, information and technology, government procurement processes, and negotiated labor export and other economic sectors.

Additional Secretary of the Ministry of Commerce Shafiqul Islam said, the invitation has been invited by the Russian Commission for the MOU. To this end, Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi will leave Dhaka on 30 May for Moscow. Commerce Ministry officials said that this MoU will play an active role in the expansion of economic, trade and investment with the European Commission.

In addition to identifying potential new sectors, as well as the barriers to mutual investment and expansion of trade, it will also play a role in removing the obstacles. Apart from this, the labor migration sector will be included in the support sector, due to the opportunities for export of labor in the respective countries from Bangladesh.

The Memorandum of Understanding will be effective in accordance with international law and customs including the World Trade Organization, on the basis of equality, transparency, trustworthiness and mutual respect. According to sources, the Economic Commission, lead by the Russian Federation, is interested in building close relations with Bangladesh in trade and economic sectors.

Apart from Russia, the other members of the commission are Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan. During the previous government, the commission proposed a MoU agreement with Bangladesh on commercial and economic cooperation. Government policymakers view this proposal as very positive.

It is learned that the EUC has drafted the draft of the MoU to make Bangladesh a trade partner and sent it to the Bangladesh Embassy in Moscow. When the proposed draft from the Embassy was sent to the Prime Minister's Office, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina gave positive comments in this regard and sent it to Economic Relations Division (ERD) for further process. After taking opinions from the various ministries concerned about the ERD, the draft was sent to the Ministry of Commerce to finalize the Memorandum of Commencement.

Commerce Ministry officials said our efforts were continuing to get the duty and quota-free market access in Russia. Now, in the present reality, it is not possible to get this facility alone in the country. Rather, if the MoU is done with the Russian Commission of the five countries, including Russia, it will be helpful in getting duty and quota-free market access for Bangladeshi products in the respective countries.

For this reason, a decision has been taken to offer MoU to EUC Trade and Economic Cooperation. There is huge potential for Bangladeshi products in the Russian market. Export products from Bangladesh have increased in the last five years Apart from the readymade garments in Russia, there are opportunities to export jute, frozen shrimp and potatoes. However, due to the phyto-sanitary problem, the export of potato has stopped in the country.

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Payra Port and the Changes in Surrounding Area

The Port of Payra is a small seaport which is located in southern part of Bangladesh. It was established by an Act of Parliament in 2013. The port was officially inaugurated in 2016. It is located on the Ramnabad Channel near the Bay of Bengal.

The fate of millions of people in the coastal area surrounding the Payra Sea Port will be changed soon. After completion of the Padma Bridge and launch of the Payra sea port, the progress that will be started in this region will benefit the local people as well the whole country.

Just after the revised Padma Bridge project in 2011, the wind of change in the west part of the Padma Bridge took place. On November 19, 2013, the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina laid the foundation stone of the third seaport of the country in Kalapara under Patuakhali district, adding new dimensions to this change.

The entrepreneurs, industrialists, group of companies of the country have already purchased land on both sides of the highway from Barisal to Kuakata to Payra sea port starting from the west bank of the Padma River. Some planning to build RMG industries, some planning to build other industries, Housing satellite city and some are planning to build wear house etc.

Many people have bought huge quantities of land to build satellite city, housing estate etc. Entrepreneurs said that from Barisal to Piara to Kuakata, a large industrial estate will be build in the near future. Millions of people will be employed here. Trade and business will expand. Barisal will be an industrial-economic based zone.

In view of this, peoples are bought acres of land and started development beside Mawa - Barisal - Kuakata highway. The Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's conclusive decision has resulted in the sale of land from Barisal to Paira port on the two sides of the highway due to the Payra sea port. At present there is no land for sale! The entrepreneurs bought the land for the benefit of the port beforehand.

Many development works have been started in Kalapara due to the Payra harbor. Because of this, the people of the area are enjoying the benefits of increase in the value of the land. Earlier the land which was only 30 thousand Taka per Satanhsha, now the same land has been increased to Taka 3 lac per Shatangsha.

Chairman of Payra Seaport Authority, Commodore M. Jahangir Alam said that the trade and commerce of the area spread through the seaport. Without the port, such industries do not run, except for the industry, the port does not run. Industries and port are complementary to each other.

So, in the next few years, hundreds of garment and industrial establishments will be built in this area to get the benefit of the port. It will open the fate of millions of people in this region. The organizers of Barisal Chamber have started preparations to set up the industries in Barisal and southern districts before starting the port in 2023.

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