Page 4 - 50 Years of Bangladesh

2020-21: Celebrating Birth Centenary of the Father of the Nation

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

"Bangladesh, from its very inception, has

adopted a non-aligned foreign policy based
upon the principle of peaceful co-existence
and of friendship towards all. Our total
commitment to peace is born of the

realization that only an environment of
peace would enable us to enjoy the fruits of
our hard-won national independence and to
mobilize and concentrate all our energies
and resources in combating the scourges of

poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy and
unemployment."

( Bangabandhu's address at the United

Nations General Assembly in 1974)

Bangabandhu had initiated nation building process towards realizing a

Sonar Bangla (Golden Bengal) and now under the visionary leadership of
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his daughter Hon ble Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh has been
maintaining remarkable social development and economic progress .

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Bangladesh has already fulfilled all three
criteria to graduate out of LDC status in the
second review in 2021 and is well and truly
on track to achieve the "vision 2041" goal to
transform into a modern, developed and

knowledge-based country by 2041.