Sajib Wazed Joy, Advisor to the Prime Minister on ICT, said that the estimated loss to the country's economy in the six-day blockade and hartal called by BNP-Jamaat and their allies alone from October 28 to November 6 is more than 3.5 billion US dollars.
He disclosed this in a post from his verified Facebook account on Wednesday (November 8).
In the post, he wrote, "Small traders, day laborers and the SME sector are the most affected by the blockade and strike." The supply chain has been disrupted, hurting both importers and exporters in already difficult economic times. The education program of children and youth is being severely disrupted.