Dhaka, June 3 -- By now, majority in Bangladesh have heard of the USAID funding cut to the development sector in the country worth more than $700 million, resulting in job losses of more than 50,000 development professionals in Bangladesh (The Daily Star, May 2025). Elsewhere, trusted donors i.e. The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation has planned phase out of its bilateral programs in Bangladesh by 2028 (swissinfo.ch, March 2025).

Globally, only four countries have met commitments in 2025 towards the United Nations goal that urges economically advanced nations to spend at least 0.7 per cent of their Gross National Income (GNI) on Official Development Assistance (ODA) to support developing nations. On the other hand, 25 countrie...