Finance Minister AMA Muhith says Bangladesh’s six percent plus annual GDP growth and significant improvement in social indicators has come in for praise all over the world.Just after World Bank president Jim Yong Kim showered praise on Bangladesh for its…
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Concern at little part of civil society in dev Planning
Speakers at a seminar on Thursday expressed their concern over little participation of civil society in the government planning process especially in vision 2021 and 7th five year plan, which are being considered as graduation strategies towards becoming middle income…
A fish called development
Oby Ezekwesili , José Maria Figueres and Pascal Lamy Geneva – The just-adopted Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are expected to herald the start of a new era in global development, one that promises to transform the world in the name…
Economic growth to be slightly up in current fiscal: ADB
Bangladesh economic growth is expected to go up slightly in the current fiscal year, due to strong domestic demand backed by better exports and remittances, says Asian Development Bank (ADB) yesterday. The bank in its latest outlook update for Asian…
‘Hunger, poverty reduction, employment, quality education, need focus’
Although Bangladesh has already met targets of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), there are still areas that need greater attention including hunger-poverty reduction, employment generation and ensuring quality education at all levels. ‘Millennium Development Goals: Bangladesh Progress Report-2015’ published on…