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Aim of this paper is to identify the endurance Bangladeshi women entrepreneurs’ amid the COVID-19 epidemic. The paper is focused on women entrepreneurs, conducting business mostly (99.93%) in Bangladesh’s micro, small and medium size enterprises. The study is qualitative hence various secondary sources like private and public publications, newspapers, and web-based materials were used to examine the situation. Findings of this study indicate that only 20% women-headed business in Bangladesh has got highly hampered while 90% women entrepreneurs faced tremendous mental, social, and economic stress during the pandemic. In addition, gender inequality has risen. However, even after the tremendous sufferings of this pandemic period, in Bangladesh only 1% of women entrepreneurs wish to leave their businesses. Interestingly, some of these business leaders have discovered a new opportunity to survive and expand through online business. Along with the government’s stimulus package, women entrepreneurs demand more specific and supportive initiatives to endure their business. As an implication, both government and non-governmental organizations can formulate their policies and take measures based on the findings and recommendations suggested in this paper to overcome the crisis of women entrepreneurs.

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Purpose: This study sheds light on the use of social media and its effects on mental health during the lockdown period of the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh. Methodology:A quantitative method has been followed to conduct the research. The purposive sampling method is adopted to gather responses from respondents through survey questionnaires during the lockdown period (May-July, 2021). The target populace is the respondents from the age of 18-60 who are highly active on social media in Bangladesh. In the end, 601 responses are obtained and a narrative approach has been used to assess the effects from various aspects like gender, occupation, and usage. Findings:The study shows social media has a vast effect on people's mental health during the lockdown time in Bangladesh. 80.7% of the sample use this media as a platform for social communication and 37% of respondents believe that the overall effects of social media are positive during this session. Additionally, research highlights a great engagement of young people in social media in Bangladesh which needs to restrain positively as this might hamper their mental health. Furthermore, results indicate that social media needs to respond more realistically and responsibly in time.Implications: Being a strong and popular mode of communication as well as information, the governmental body can come across to formulate accurate policies in order to eradicate the negative consequences of social media during this pandemic. Recommendations suggested in this paper might be fruitful to develop a healthy communication platform even after the epidemic session in Bangladesh.