Special Report

Disaster Management – Institution, Policies And Legal Framework

  Introduction Bangladesh has a long history of natural disasters, with over 219 natural disasters taking place between 1980 and 2008, causing over US$16 billion in total damage. The country has had a long experience of severe cyclonic events, floods, land-slides, arsenic, tornadoes and threats of earthquakes.

Information And Communication Technology For Good Governance

  Bangladesh has reached a milestone in providing government services and information to citizens by launching the ‘National Portal’ which carries 25,000 websites of different government organizations. This portal has brought the whole Bangladesh in a single webpage. From tourism to land records, citizens are able to find any inf...

Powering Bangladesh’s Future: Story of Electricity

  Pledges Fulfilled During the Awami League led grand coalition government’s last tenure (from 2009 to 2013), all pledges made in the 2009 election manifesto were successfully implemented. In 2009, the power generation capacity of Bangladesh was 4931 MW. Within 5 years, the power generation capacity stood at 10341 MW with around 62% of th...

5 Years Of Remarkable Achievement In Reducing Poverty

  ‘Only Awami League can build a hunger and poverty free nation to fulfil the dream of the Father of the Nation’-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, on the occasion of 65th Anniversary of Bangladesh Awami League.

ICT In Public Services: Delivering More With Less

  Recently Bangladesh has been awarded for its initiative to bring public service to everyone’s doorstep. World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) has recognized Prime Minister’s programme for implementing Digital Bangladesh, ‘Access to Information (A2I)’ for making the government services easier to get for people from every soc...