UNB, Dhaka :
Hailing the private sector as the main driving force of the economy, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said her government will extend cooperation in further flourishing and developing the private sector through transparent management.
“The private sector is the driving force of the economy… I would like to assure you that our government’s cooperation would continue to create a business-friendly environment for developing the private sector through transparent management,” she said. The Prime Minister was addressing the inaugural ceremony of an International Conference titled ‘New Economic Thinking: Bangladesh 2030 and Beyond’ organised by Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry at a city hotel. She also expressed firm optimism that the economy will usher in new horizon of success creating a win-win situation
line of the Bay of Bengal,” she said while delivering a Victory Day commemorative lecture on “Agriculture in Bangladesh: Development, Challenges and Way Forward” in the capital.
Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS) organized the programme with Chairman of its Board of Governors Ambassador Munshi Faiz Ahmad in the chair.
The Minister said, the present government is firmly committed to ensure food and nutrition security for the people, especially for the most vulnerable groups, mothers and young children, through a comprehensive approach to food availability.
Terming the climate change as the most important challenge in agriculture, Matia Chowdhury said, as per the estimation of the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a US-based leading international body for the assessment of climate change, the country’s crop production will be reduced by 13 per cent by the current century due to the impact of climate change.
By the year of 2050, rice and wheat production in Bangladesh may be reduced by eight and 32 percent respectively.
To address the adverse impact of climate change, she said, the government has developed national adoption programme and subsequently the government has prepared and adopted Bangladesh Climate Change Strategy Action Plan (BCCSAP) 2009, which includes action plan resilience of vulnerable groups.
Hailing the private sector as the main driving force of the economy, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said her government will extend cooperation in further flourishing and developing the private sector through transparent management.
“The private sector is the driving force of the economy… I would like to assure you that our government’s cooperation would continue to create a business-friendly environment for developing the private sector through transparent management,” she said. The Prime Minister was addressing the inaugural ceremony of an International Conference titled ‘New Economic Thinking: Bangladesh 2030 and Beyond’ organised by Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry at a city hotel. She also expressed firm optimism that the economy will usher in new horizon of success creating a win-win situation
line of the Bay of Bengal,” she said while delivering a Victory Day commemorative lecture on “Agriculture in Bangladesh: Development, Challenges and Way Forward” in the capital.
Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS) organized the programme with Chairman of its Board of Governors Ambassador Munshi Faiz Ahmad in the chair.
The Minister said, the present government is firmly committed to ensure food and nutrition security for the people, especially for the most vulnerable groups, mothers and young children, through a comprehensive approach to food availability.
Terming the climate change as the most important challenge in agriculture, Matia Chowdhury said, as per the estimation of the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a US-based leading international body for the assessment of climate change, the country’s crop production will be reduced by 13 per cent by the current century due to the impact of climate change.
By the year of 2050, rice and wheat production in Bangladesh may be reduced by eight and 32 percent respectively.
To address the adverse impact of climate change, she said, the government has developed national adoption programme and subsequently the government has prepared and adopted Bangladesh Climate Change Strategy Action Plan (BCCSAP) 2009, which includes action plan resilience of vulnerable groups.
