How is Bangladesh after 46 years?

Bangladesh is a unique name in the emerging economic countries in the world. This small Bangladesh is also being called the role model of development of the last four decades after turning aside the slander of bottomless basket. Many things have been added in the achievements of last 46 years of independence.

Analysts are saying that the the main challenge is to make the development trend as sustainable.

The soil, open sky, birds, flowers, fruits and nature and independent red-green flag all are achieved through the lives of lakhs people.

With the dream and courage the flag was attained in 46 years back, at present how is the dear Bangladesh?

A backward country in the previous, Bangladesh-the land of 56 thousand square miles is now a unique name in the world. Inhabitants of the world are now calling it as Asian Tiger or Next Eleven.

When the world economy is in ups and downs the per capita income of the country has raised to 1610 US dollars.

As it has forwarded in the infrastructure development, it also improved its position in women empowerment or self sufficiency in food including the reserve and remittance.

According to the statistics, for the long 25 years after independence GDP growth rate of Bangladesh did not increase more than 4.5 percent. During 1973-74 to 1979-80 the GDP growth rate was only 3.8 percent. For the next ten years GDP growth rate increased at 5 percent. After that period it crossed over 6 percent. In the fiscal year 2016-17 the GDP growth was 7.28 percent.

In the last seven years poverty rate decreased by 10 percent and stood at 21.4 percent. At present 2 crore people are under the poverty line of the 16 crore. It was 4.5 crore after the independence.

According to Social Analyst Syed Anwar Hossain, independence does not mean relief. We have to work for a long period to build a social and political discrimination free society in Bangladesh.

AH