Economists pin hope on vaccine rollout Economists see a promising 2021 for Bangladesh because of the rollout of coronavirus vaccines globally and manageable impacts of the pandemic on the country, while sounding out alarms about the bumpy road the economy has to ride before full recovery takes place. Bangladesh's hopes for a vaccine received a major boost on Wednesday after the UK approved the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. Bangladesh is in line to receive the vaccines as early as in January. "We are very optimistic about 2021. The pandemic will be handled through the import of vaccines," said Prof Shamsul Alam, a member of the planning commission.