Can Bangladesh reap its many benefits?
Development of the country is not possible through the implementation of mega projects alone and without the human resource properly developed, said a noted economist.
Corruption plaguing the Department of Youth Development
Dhaka greeted the new year with the country’s first metro.
This election year, the question that will inevitably come to the fore is of how successful AL has been in keeping its promises.
The announcement of Digital Bangladesh Vision 2021 was proclaimed in 2009. 13 years later, keeping up with the growing global changes, the government aims to establish Smart Bangladesh - a developed and prosperous country by 2041 through the transition to a knowledge-based economy.
Bangladesh will have to deal with the challenges related to the Covid-19 pandemic, graduation from the list of the least-developed country and climate change, and the barriers standing in the way of Sustainable Development Goals during the Eighth Five-Year Plan period.
Name a nation where 44 percent of people live in extreme poverty, women have an average of 4.5 children, and the per capita income is less than $500? The answer -- Bangladesh around 1990.
Our senior citizens with a taste for Hollywood and British classic films will perhaps remember where I have taken the title from.
Can Bangladesh reap its many benefits?
Development of the country is not possible through the implementation of mega projects alone and without the human resource properly developed, said a noted economist.
Corruption plaguing the Department of Youth Development
Dhaka greeted the new year with the country’s first metro.
This election year, the question that will inevitably come to the fore is of how successful AL has been in keeping its promises.
The announcement of Digital Bangladesh Vision 2021 was proclaimed in 2009. 13 years later, keeping up with the growing global changes, the government aims to establish Smart Bangladesh - a developed and prosperous country by 2041 through the transition to a knowledge-based economy.
Bangladesh will have to deal with the challenges related to the Covid-19 pandemic, graduation from the list of the least-developed country and climate change, and the barriers standing in the way of Sustainable Development Goals during the Eighth Five-Year Plan period.
Name a nation where 44 percent of people live in extreme poverty, women have an average of 4.5 children, and the per capita income is less than $500? The answer -- Bangladesh around 1990.
Our senior citizens with a taste for Hollywood and British classic films will perhaps remember where I have taken the title from.
One important but oft-ignored thing is that design and implementation mistakes delay the revenue-generation phase of megaprojects.