KATHMANDHU, Nov 14 (UNB): President Abdul Hamid stressed the need for enhancing cooperation between Bangladesh and Nepal through strengthening connectivity.
Addressing a banquet hosted by Nepalese President Bidhya Devi Bhandar on Wednesday, Hamid stressed the importance of strengthening road, rail and air connectivity, water resources management, power and energy, especially hydropower generation and boosting tourism as the two countries have immense potential in these areas.
Bangladesh attaches greater importance to its relations with Nepal, said the President adding that the people of Bangladesh recall with deep gratitude the moral and material support extended by the political leadership and the people of Nepal during the War of Liberation in 1971.
"Our two countries and people are bound together with the ties of history, culture and language," Hamid said.
The President also said, "We in Bangladesh have been closely following the developments in Nepal and are confident that its government will be successful in implementing its policies for socio-economic development of the country and fulfil the vision of 'Samridhdha Nepal, Sukhi Nepali'.
President Hamid said Bangladesh stands ready to extend all-out support to Nepal in this process of achieving socio-economic prosperity.
He said the government of Bangladesh has taken up the policy of inclusive development and strives to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) within the designated timeframe.
"The International Monetary Fund in its 2019 estimate ranked Bangladesh as the 29th largest economy in the world in terms of Purchasing Power Parity. Our GDP has been growing and poverty has been reducing gradually," he said.
Mentioning Bangladesh as a role model for socio-economic development, he said, "Our government under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina envisages seeing Bangladesh as a 'Middle Income Digital Bangladesh' by 2021 and as a developed country by 2041."
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