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Corruption in Bangladesh has been a continuing problem. According to all major ranking institutions, Bangladesh routinely finds itself among the most corrupt countries in the world. As of 2001, corruption in the public sector was "endemic, chronic and all pervasive". [ 1] In Transparency International 's 2023 Corruption Perceptions Index, which ...
Bangladesh Vision 2041 (Vision '41) is a national strategic plan to further develop the socio-economic standing of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, issued by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and formulated by National Economic Council. As a part of four 5-year perspective plan to be undertaken between 2022 and 2041, Bangladesh is aiming to ...
The 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement, also known as July Revolution, [ d] was a series of anti-government [ e] and pro- democracy [ f] protests in Bangladesh, spearheaded primarily by university students. Initially focused on restructuring quota-based systems for government job recruitment, the movement expanded against what many perceive ...
The Bangladesh Jatiya Party (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ জাতীয় পার্টি, lit. 'Bangladesh National Party'), simply known as BJP, is a centre-right conservative political party in Bangladesh. It is a splinter group of the original Jatiya Party, founded by the former President Hossain Mohammad Ershad.
Rice is Bangladesh's primary crop and staple food, dominating agricultural production, employment, nutritional intake, and contributing substantially to national income. Bangladesh ranks as the third-largest producer of rice globally, reaching about 39.1 million tonnes in 2023. Rice is cultivated in three seasons in Bangladesh: aman, aus, and boro.
Muhammad Yunus [a] (born 28 June 1940) is a Bangladeshi entrepreneur, banker, economist, politician, and civil society leader who has been serving as the Chief Adviser of the interim government of Bangladesh since 8 August 2024. [1]
The 2013 Bangladesh Quota Reform Movement was a movement against incumbent government policies regarding jobs in the government sector in the country. The movement began in the same location that saw the 2013 Shahbag protests in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Although initially confined to the locality of Shahbag and Dhaka University campus, it eventually ...
The COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 ( COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ( SARS-CoV-2 ). The virus was confirmed to have spread to Bangladesh in March 2020. The first three known cases were reported on 8 March 2020 by the country's epidemiology ...