1 Bangladeshi Taka = 14.3515 South Korean Won

1 Bangladeshi Taka = 1.2477 Kenyan Shilling

1 Bangladeshi Taka = 1.2551 Japanese Yen

1 Bangladeshi Taka = 0.0083 Jordanian Dinar

1 Bangladeshi Taka = 1.7206 Icelandic Krona

1 Bangladeshi Taka = 0.8883 Indian Rupee

1 Bangladeshi Taka = 0.0413 Israeli New Sheqel

1 Bangladeshi Taka = 173.816 Indonesian Rupiah

1 Bangladeshi Taka = 3.8019 Hungarian Forint

1 Bangladeshi Taka = 0.0816 Croatian Kuna

1 Bangladeshi Taka = 0.2945 Honduran Lempira

1 Bangladeshi Taka = 0.0914 Hong Kong Dollar

1 Bangladeshi Taka = 0.0095 British Pound Sterling

1 Bangladeshi Taka = 0.0265 Fiji Dollar

1 Bangladeshi Taka = 0.0107 Euro

1 Bangladeshi Taka = 0.1831 Egyptian Pound

1 Bangladeshi Taka = 0.1678 Estonian Kroon

1 Bangladeshi Taka = 1.5099 Algerian Dinar

1 Bangladeshi Taka = 0.6476 Dominican Peso

1 Bangladeshi Taka = 0.081 Danish Krone

1 Bangladeshi Taka = 0.2957 Czech Republic Koruna

1 Bangladeshi Taka = 6.6938 Costa Rican Colon

1 Bangladeshi Taka = 45.8441 Colombian Peso

1 Bangladeshi Taka = 0.0832 Chinese Yuan Renminbi

1 Bangladeshi Taka = 9.716 Chilean Peso

1 Bangladeshi Taka = 0.0114 Swiss Franc

1 Bangladeshi Taka = 0.0165 Canadian Dollar

1 Bangladeshi Taka = 0.1429 Botswana Pula

1 Bangladeshi Taka = 0.0674 Brazilian Real

1 Bangladeshi Taka = 0.0811 Bolivian Boliviano

1 Bangladeshi Taka = 0.0166 Brunei Dollar

1 Bangladeshi Taka = 0.0044 Bahraini Dinar

1 Bangladeshi Taka = 0.0212 Bulgarian Lev

1 Bangladeshi Taka = 0.018 Australian Dollar

1 Bangladeshi Taka = 0.7821 Argentine Peso

1 Bangladeshi Taka = 0.0211 Netherlands Antillean Guilder

1 Bangladeshi Taka = 0.0432 United Arab Emirates Dirham

1 Moldovan Leu = 84.8378 Lebanese Pound

1 Moldovan Leu = 4.7666 Bangladeshi Taka

A radical new form of universal basic income could revitalise damaged economies

While countries in east Asia and Europe are gradually taking steps towards reopening their economies, many in the global south are wondering whether the worst of the pandemic is yet to come. As economists who work on poverty alleviation in developing countries, we are often asked what the effects of coronavirus will be in south Asia and Africa. The truth is, we don’t know. Without extensive testing to map the number of cases, it’s impossible to tell how far the virus has already spread. We don’t yet have enough information about how Covid-19 behaves under different conditions such as sunlight, heat and humidity. Developing countries’ more youthful populations may spare them the worst of the pandemic, but health systems in the global south are poorly equipped to deal with an outbreak, and poverty is linked to co-morbidities that put people at a higher risk of serious illness.

Without the information widespread testing provides, many poorer countries have taken an extremely cautious approach. India imposed a total lockdown on 24 March, by which time the country had about 500 confirmed cases. Countries such as Rwanda, South Africa and Nigeria enforced lockdowns in late March, long before the virus was expected to peak. But these lockdown measures can’t last forever. Poorer countries could have used the quarantine to buy time, gather information about how the disease behaves and develop a testing and tracing strategy. Unfortunately, not much of this has happened. And, far from coming to their aid, rich countries have outrun poorer nations in the race for PPE, oxygen and ventilators.

Mohar Singh was once one of the most feared men in the Chambal region

A notorious bandit who spent years rampaging across central India’s impoverished badlands before trying his luck as a Bollywood actor and politician has died aged 92, police have said.

Mohar Singh, once one of the most feared men in the Chambal region accused of hundreds of murders, kidnappings and other crimes, died on Tuesday, a senior police official in Bhind district told AFP.

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1 Colombian Peso = 0.3882 Lebanese Pound

1 Colombian Peso = 0.0218 Bangladeshi Taka

1 Uruguayan Peso = 35.0666 Lebanese Pound

1 Uruguayan Peso = 1.9702 Bangladeshi Taka

1 Uzbekistan Som = 0.1496 Lebanese Pound

1 Uzbekistan Som = 0.0084 Bangladeshi Taka

1 Russian Ruble = 20.6088 Lebanese Pound

1 Russian Ruble = 1.1579 Bangladeshi Taka

1 Iraqi Dinar = 1.2712 Lebanese Pound