Bangladesh makes great strides in human progress
REZAUL KARIM
21st December, 2020 10:42:05
Bangladesh has made an impressive improvement in human development this year with remarkable progress in many socioeconomic areas, including life expectancy and per capita income.
The Human Development Index (HDI) 2020 shows Bangladesh has moved two notches up, ranking 133rd position this year from last year’s 135th position.
Bangladesh has ranked fifth among eight South Asian countries, says a global HDI report released by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
“Bangladesh s HDI value has increased by 60.4 percent. The country’s 2019 HDI is above the average for countries in the medium human development group,” the report states.
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Since the establishment of diplomatic ties in 1973, Korea and Bangladesh have strengthened cooperation in various areas. Photo: Collected
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Bangladesh and South Korea want to take their bilateral relationship to new heights – going beyond textile to ICT, energy, blue economy, climate change and infrastructure development, said diplomats and academicians, as the two countries celebrate 47th year of diplomatic relationship on December 18.
They suggested going for free trade agreement (FTA) quickly, as Bangladesh is on track to graduate from least developed country (LDC) category by 2024, when duty-free facilities could be withdrawn.
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A Dhaka court today sentenced a student of Dhaka City College to jail until death and five others to life term imprisonment for killing Ayaz Haq, a student of Government Laboratory High School, in 2014.
Injamamul Islam alias Jisan was sentenced to jail until death while Tauhidul Islam, Mashiur Rahman Araf, Tauhidul Islam Shuvo, Abu Saleh MdNasim and Arif Hossain Regan got life term.
Judge Md Iqbal Hossain of the Special Judge Court-5 of Dhaka handed down the sentence in presence of Jisan and Tauhidul at a packed courtroom; rest of the convicts are absconding.