Issue of stranded Pakistanis in BD should be resolved earnestly says Ikram Sehgal.

KARACHI -- The Deputy High Commissioner of Bangladesh at Karachi Mr. Mahbub ul Alam in his address under the auspices of QAHM, Institute of Nation Building to the members of Board of Governors Karachi Council on Foreign Relations (KCFR) said that Bangladesh had become a role model for the developing countries. He said that Bangladesh's progress had been recognized by the United Nations for Bangladesh's development termed as a 'remarkable success story', he added that 100 Specialized Economic Zones had been set up and achieved as Millennium Development Goals. He said that 2021 marked a very significant year for Bangladesh as they celebrated their 50th anniversary of independence. According to an IMF report, Bangladesh is one of the three countries of the world that has achieved the highest economic growth until 2021. He said from nearly no foreign reserves the country's foreign exchange reserves today stood at US$47 billion. He said Bangladesh was utilizing its manpower and became a middle-income country with a per-capita GDP of US$2,554; which is growing further and fast and the life expectancy has risen to 73 years. He said that an International Prize for the Creative Economy had been set up at UNESCO as Banglabandhu prize. He said that Bangladeshis are working all around the world at prestigious positions and that Remittance earnings from expatriates working abroad had reached a record US$21 billion in 2021. After attaining Vision 2021 now they are working on vision 2041 wherein Bangladesh will join the list of developed countries. They had worked upon 'One House one Farm Project' called Asrayan Project, meaning shelter for all. Bangladesh's economy was improving at the rate of 5.47% in the preceding years and now is producing 25000MW of electricity bringing its 100% population under electricity coverage. It provides free textbooks, which number 400 million copies each year. The current enrolment rate in...