Md Abdul Karim

More than half of the world’s population lived in Covid-19 induced lockdown until recently, which highly disrupted lives and livelihoods throughout societies.

The current Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in huge suffering and devastation for humanity, with almost five million people infected worldwide and experts fearing a deep global recession.

Bangladesh has an elderly population of about 13.5 million, which is increasing by about 4.41 percent every year.