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A short demographic profile of the respondents – Table 2: Demographic Data of the respondents Marital Status 29 Married , 1 Unmarried Number of children Maximum 2 Number of years in the organization 1-4 years Family size 3-6 members Dependable older family member/s Maximum 2 Recommendations for maintaining work-life balance and facing the challenges in these pandemic times-  Promoting or giving a pay raise for working so hard during this tough time will surely motivate in doing the job.  Providing with a more flexible and employee friendly working options  Ensuring that the teams are resourced properly so that they are provided with the necessary coverage and support to ensure that they are in minimum possible health risk.  Providing overall better benefits (i.e., parental leave, transportation facility, sick leave policies)  Providing and assisting employees with mental health care resources.  Providing childcare programs or support because in this pandemic this is a huge issue for working mothers.  More involvement from their respective partners in reducing their workload and family responsibilities.  Taking care of own self is extremely important, so try to begin the day with prayers, some meditation and recreational exercise, try to spend time with kids helps to destress in this tough times.  Scheduling their working hours and setting up specific dedicated times for work this will help to make best use of the day and make it easier to get things done.  Prioritizing tasks correctly so that time dedicated to dear ones and work is balanced properly. IX. C onclusion It may be a long time before we fully realize the full impact of COVID-19 on work places as well as in our society specially, for the working women. One thing that is quite sure is while we are still learning to work through this pandemic, each of us had to adapt our daily routines and respond to the changes that came along. For majority of the working women, this pandemic is completely changing their work/life balance and exerting influence on their physical and mental health on a large scale, and many of them are even questioning their current situation and also their long- term career prospects because of all these sudden changes had to tackle due to the pandemic. Some of the respondents have stated that they have to work longer period of time because of the pandemic and the others are taking the burden of extra care giving responsibilities which is caused because of school closures, caring for the elderly family members, doing household chores all by themselves while also working full-time in their office. This study is an effort to understand the significant impact that this coronavirus pandemic is having on the female employees of banks in Dhaka. Efforts to manage these impacts will be really consequential to prevent the pushing back of the gender diversity progress was made so far in our country in financial sectors like banks, which will work in minimizing the long-term economic and social consequences that this pandemic has had on the working women. We are at the point where the organizations, family and society need to step up and meet this moment and the specific challenges associated with it right now or we will be risking a negative setback in our pursuit of reaching gender equality in workforce of our country. R eferences R éférences R eferencias 1. J.G. Carlson, D.S. (2007). Conceptualizing work– family balance: Implications for practice and research. Advances in Developing Human Resources 9, 455–71. 2. ABS. (2020). Household Impacts of COVID-19 Survey. ABS, 14-17. Retrieved 1 4, 2021, from https://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@ .nsf/Detail sPage/4940.014-17%20Apr%202020?OpenDocu ment 3. Ambreen Khursheed, Faisal Mustafa, Iqra Arshad, Sharoon Gill. (2019). Work-Family Conflict among Married Female Professionals in Pakistan. Management Studies and Economic Systems (MSES), 4 (2),, 123-130. 4. Amin, S. (2020, April 11). Bangladeshi women play crucial role in fight against COVID-19. Brac Institute of Governance and Development , p. 2. 5. Ayushi Vyas; Dr. Deepak Shrivastava. (2017). Factors Affecting Work Life Balance - A Review. Pacific Business Review International, 7. Retrieved 2020, from http://www.pbr.co.in/2017/2017_month/ Jan/20.pdf 6. Barbara R. Haddon, Andrew Hede, John Whiteoak. (2009). Work-Life Balance: Towards an Integrated Conceptual Framework. NZJHRM 2009 Special Issue: Work-Family & Gender, 174. An Exploratory study on the Challenges Confronted by the Female Corporate Professionals Working in Banks to Maintain Balance in Work-Life during Pandemic 74 Global Journal of Management and Business Research Volume XXII Issue V Version I Year 2022 ( ) A © 2022 Global Journals