Combating Covid-19 in Bangladesh Analyzing from Policy Perspective

Abstract

The study emphasizes on analyzing the effectiveness of public policy taken by Bangladesh
government to counteract COVID-19 pandemic. This paper also figures out the challenges
and impediments of implementing policies taken by Bangladesh government in this regard,
and suggest some doable recommendations to evaluate the policies properly. Following the
directives of WHO, almost all the countries have taken initiatives to combat against this
virus. Most of the developing countries like Bangladesh have followed testing and isolation
as well as lockdown policy to combat the pandemic. But the question is how much the
lockdown policy is effective to control the deadly virus in Bangladesh? New Zealand, Japan,
Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Sweden, and some other countries got the benefits of lockdown strategy.
It is evident that, one policy may work very well in one country but it may not work in
another country due to its local circumstances. The policy taken by developed countries may
not work in developing countries like Bangladesh due to its size of population, people’s
behavior, expectation, and education level, level of awareness, leadership commitment and
local cultural perspective. Considering the density of population, economic condition, and
citizen’s behavior Bangladesh government has taken to slow down the strategy of lockdown.