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Purpose: The key purpose of the study is to understand the university students' perception of a sudden distance learning platform from Bangladesh (a least developed countries' perspective). Research methodology: This particular study has employed a qualitative research method with the support of interview and observation methods. The study has selected 20 University students as a sample size based on purposive sampling. Results: The findings provide a vivid outline of the current situation of the universities- that the students have- over the influence of distance learning on education, technology, their university, course instructors, and themselves. Limitations: The data was qualitative in nature and the study only interviewed the university students but not the other stakeholders of that system; in addition, the study did not triangulate the data with more quantitative data. Contribution: The study makes an important contribution to the literature on the least developed countries' university education, which will benefit Higher Education institutions that are also struggling with the prospects and obstacles of distance learning during and in the post-Covid-19 crisis.

Many studies have been conducted to find out the employee retention strategies by the organization towards issues related with HR. In this particular research the researchers tried to research and observe the relationship between employee retention and job satisfaction in private banking sector in the context of Bangladesh. A number of 150 sample size was considered through convenient sampling technique to analyze the relationship between satisfactions of employee on job retention strategies. The result of the correlation analysis found employee retention strategies is positively and strongly correlated with employee job satisfaction (r = 0.533, p < 1.00). In this regression analysis, the study found R2 = .284 which means independent (employee retention) variable can explain 28.4% of dependent variable (employee satisfaction) and the Independent variable employee retention can explain is positively depending on dependent variable employee satisfaction.

Purpose: The central endeavor of this study is to scrutinize the standard of ethical business practice along with the intensity of short term earning on the Covid-19 crisis from a least developed country named Bangladesh. Research Methodology: The research is a concept paper based on the qualitative measurement of secondary sources of data. Results: The study urges four propositions such as, application of Golden Rule makes the businessmen’s realization regarding the suffering of consumers, Islamic Profit theory may enhance the Islamic morality and education in business practice, Building Ethical Education Curriculum may assist the ethical basement from early childhood to the whole education period which can be applicable in a real-life business career, and Trusteeship theory may rethink the businessmen about the meaning of real ownership in the natural world. Limitations: The paper is a concept paper; thus further studies have been required for practical implications based on the outcomes variables’ proof. Contribution: All the four propositions may also support the lawmakers to develop a permanent standard of ethical business climate instead of existing punitive system. Keywords: Ethical business practice, Short term earning intensity, COVID-19, Least developed country, Bangladesh