Visiting US Undersecretary for Political Affairs Designate Thomas A. Shannon highly appreciated Bangladesh's leadership role in crucial areas and hoped to work together on climate change, security, women empowerment and other development issues.
Bangladesh has won the Child and Youth Finance International (CYFI) Country Award 2015 from Asia and the Pacific region, leaving India and Fiji behind, for massive financial inclusion activities, particularly in the area of school banking.
Visiting Governor of Tripura Tathagata Roy said Tripura is ready to export electricity to Bangladesh from its Palatona Power plant. He also hoped that the two country would be able to resolve the issue of sharing of waters of common rivers as India doesn't deny water sharing rights of Bangladesh.
World Bank's chief economist Kaushik Basu praised Bangladesh's economic growth over the last few years and said Bangladesh's constant economic growth over six percent is rare in the world.
After inaugurating the river training work for the Padma bridge, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that the Bangalis, when united, can do miracles.
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