Bangladesh's recent achievements

Bangladesh has experienced numerous achievements in 2015 and in 2016 and it has also ensured a lot of developments. But the starting of 2015 was not that much comprehensive as there were few dissatisfaction caused by ferocity, political issues, killing of common people and few more. In below the developments and achievements are highlighted:  

1) Bangladesh has kept an imposing track record in growth and development, and as a result, with the Gross National Income (GNI) per capita from $1,046 to $4,125, the country has touched the lower-middle income countries. Bangladesh promoted to this group with Kenya, Myanmar, and Tajikistan. In 2014-15, per capita income of Bangladesh reached to 1,314 from 1,190 in the previous year. 

2) Bangladesh accomplished a breakthrough of Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) with India on November 2015. A total of 162 enclaves have been exchanged by the two countries and Bangladesh got 51 of them. In result of this significant landmark, 17,160 acres of land were added to the map of Bangladesh.

3) One fourth of the total population of Bangladesh are from southwest area and The Padma Multipurpose Bridge will deliver them a great experience to travel to and from Dhaka city. On December 12, works of this 6.15-km bridge got underway. Not only travel but also in case of trade and economic undertakings, this bridge will be a great helping hand.

4) On December 25, the Bangladesh Atomic Energy chairman Engineer Md. Monirul Islam and the senior vice president of Atomstroy export signed up an agreement and it was the country’s first nuclear power contract. Bangladesh signed the pact with Russia. The plant will be built in Pabna district.

5) Bangladesh signed the country’s first ever satellite project named Bangabandhu-1 with a French company ThalesAlenia Space. The French company will manufacture, launch and uphold the satellite for providing communication and transmission facility. 

6) To upsurge economic assistance within the sub-grouping of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal (BBIN) contracted a Motor Vehicle Agreement on June 15. Underneath this agreement, people and vehicles like cargo of all the grouped nations will get smooth movement in any of these four countries. This $8-billion road connectivity scheme has begun on October. Following the endorsement of the agreement for the Regulation of Passengers, Personal, and Cargo Vehicular Traffic with BBNI to smooth cross- border motor vehicle movement, 18 days rally also held that covered 4,500-km.

7) Bangladesh has made exceptional development in fighting food shortage and confirming food safety. For this remarkable performance the country has won a UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) award on June 16. 

8) Private companies of the country including Beximco Group, Navana Group, ACI Group are immensely contributing to the economy and society. Beximco Group by size is the largest private company in Bangladesh. Beximco Group's major industries are located at the Beximco Industrial Park in Gazipur. It recently took Go Green initiative. It had converted the 350 acre of the park into solar power. Beximco, under Salman F Rahman’s leadership, is fully committed to bring prosperity to the people of Bangladesh.

All the achievements are strong proofs that, Bangladesh is moving forward in every aspect to make a better position in the world map. 

The future is bright!