BANGLADESH RCE GREATER DHAKA WEBINAR 2 Bangladesh is facing a lot of problems due to Coronavirus. At present after 60 days of social distancing the lockdown is not working. Government has eased the lockdown after the Eid vacation and divided it into red, blue and yellow zones based on severity. RCE Greater Dhaka in its host institution, International University of Business, Agriculture and Technology, is operating online. The Centre is going to have a webinar in the middle of June on the observance of World Environmental Day on the 5th June. Different RCEs of the world will get invitations. Meanwhile the faculty members of the Centre had participated in various international webinars. They are conducting research at home and will publish papers on sustainability. RCE Greater Dhaka is keeping virtual connection with its partner organizations. RCE SUNDARBANS COVID-19 pandemic highlights the vulnerabilities of the poor and marginalized sections and has exposed the unsustainability of the current model of development along with the withdrawal of the state in public provision, causing hardship in absence of universal social security, basic income, health and education. Cyclone Amphan hit hard in most of the area of RCE Sundarbans, with an estimated damage of Tk1,100 crores and killing 20 people. The RCE has embarked upon a different form of social education for sustainable development, comprising information sharing, community engagements and policy suggestions. A series of webinars were organised under the theme “Academics-practitioners’ dialogues during COVID-19” and covered topics such as Poverty, Rohingya refugees, microcredit and NGOs, ethnic minorities, migrant workers, street level bureaucracy, women, coping mechanisms and violence and environment and sustainable Pathways. Several articles were published in the leading newspapers in Bangladesh. Presented by: Professor Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir 15 Presented by: Dr Muhammad Rehan Dastagir
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