Mohammad Rezaul Karim has had over 21 years of experience developing human resources in public sector. He is currently deputy director at Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre (BPATC), the apex-training institute for civil servants in Bangladesh. Dr Reza studied public administration at the University of Dhaka. He received a master’s degree in human resource management at the University of Leeds in the UK in 2007 and a doctorate in public policy and management at the National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA) in Bangkok, Thailand, in 2015. He serves as a part-time teacher in the department of development studies of the University of Dhaka and the BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD).
The outbreak has caused many difficulties for migrant workers, including insufficient healthcare rights and benefits, family insolvency, and the fear of deportation.