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Bangladesh at 51: From 'basket case' to development model

Steady economic growth, timely social and development policies, population control, national and rural infrastructure, education, women empowerment, electrification, expansion of low-cost health service, better disaster management, economic inclusion, the role of NGOs are thought to have played the key role in Bangladesh’s enviable success.

An economic hub in South in the making

The government is working not only for the implementation of mega projects but also for the rehabilitation of poor families in the region. In the Mujib Year, 29 families from the gypsy Manta community have been rehabilitated in Char Mantaj under the Ashrayan project. Officials said construction work on 31 more houses for the community is underwa...

Every house of Bangladesh is now illuminated: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said every house of the country have now come under electrification as she announced cent percent electricity coverage after inaugurating 1,320 MW Payra Thermal Power Plant, the largest of its kind. "The biggest thing is that we have been able to light the houses of every people," she said at the function here...

People thanks HPM Sheikh Hasina for her social welfare initiatives

Leprosy patients, who were virtually excluded from society, thanked Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for integrating them back into society. "People suffering from leprosy were loathed in our country. There was hatred in the eyes of relatives, neighbours, and onlookers. Then we came to Dhaka. We were staying at platform 8 at Kamlapur Railway Statio...

‘The steely resolve of my grandfather to build Sonar Bangla was passed down to my mother’: Sajeeb Wazed

Prime Minister's ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy has said the 102nd birthday of his grandfather - Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman - evokes his dream about Bangladesh, its people. "Let it resonate in every heart and get us closer to the realization of Vision 2041," Joy said in a Facebook post on his verified page toda...