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Returning migrants and host communities in the southernmost district of Bangladesh are feeling the worst of the onslaught. There, some 700,000 people have lost their source of income, just since the mid-March 2020 COVID-19 outbreak. Almost one year later, most have limited access to jobs. Women are less likely than men to secure any job at all.
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The mass vaccination campaign has so far drawn much fewer women than men. Of around 13 lakh people inoculated till Monday, around 33 percent were women and the rest were men. Till yesterday, a total of 18,48,313 people were vaccinated with 614,658 being women. Women also seem to be lagging behind in registration. Till yesterday, 28,63,300 people had registered for
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DHAKA, Feb 18, 2021 (BSS) – Statistics and Informatics Division Secretary Mohammad Yamin Chowdhury today said Bangladesh has been witnessing a healthy inflation trend over a certain period of time thanks to various proactive measures taken by the government.
“If there is no inflation in the economy, then it won’t be a good and dynamic economy for which there is a need for having a certain level of inflation all the time,” he added.
The general point to point inflation rate in January, 2021 was 5.02 percentage point, which was 5.29 percentage point in December last year, he mentioned.