Dhaka, April 3 -- Let's start with a question. Is there a single continent (except for Antarctica) in this world at this moment, which is not under the risk of COVID-19 pandemic? One could spend days, weeks or even months thinking about it but would not essentially find a plausible answer to it. Coronavirus has been a global crisis, killing more than 37 Thousand people and (counting) worldwide while leaving 49 infected and 7 reported dead, as of the time of this writing. Experts believe the hazardous COVID-19 can turn into devastating economic fallout for Bangladesh within a few months.

Although Bangladesh did not encounter much challenges four months ago when the outbreak of the pandemic started, it is now paying the price for being not...