In the report titled 'Food Outlook-June 2022' published by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, Bangladesh has again ranked third in rice production all over the world. With this, Bangladesh held the third position for four consecutive years According to the report, Bangladesh produced 36.5 million tons of rice in 2019 despite facing a series of disasters while Bangladesh surpassed Indonesia in rice production and came in third place. In the year 2020, despite various natural disasters, Bangladesh ranked third in terms of production while the country held third position last year also.

Honourable Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina sought the support of Japan and Japan International Cooperation Agency-Jica to fulfill the vision of Bangladesh to turn into a developed nation by 2041. "I hope Japan and Jica will be with us to fulfill our vision to become a developed nation by 2041," she said. The premier said this in her video message aired in the celebration programme of "50 Years of Cooperation between Bangladesh and Jica". She said Bangladesh is marching forward to fulfill the Father of the Nation's dream of turning Bangladesh into a developed nation. Bangladesh has already attained recognition for graduating to a developing country in 2026.

The opening of Padma Bridge on June 25 is going to be a major transition for the nation as the mega infrastructure is going to open up new possibilities for the national economy. The 6.15km mega infrastructure will bridge the two sides of the mighty Padma River, which has kept the country’s over one-fourth population apart from the capital Dhaka in all these years. The mega bridge is expected to have a deep impact on the lives and livelihoods of the people of 21 south and southwestern districts. Once in operation, economists predict, the bridge will help increase the country’s GDP by 1.23% while that of south and southwestern districts by over 2% by creating employment opportunities for some 10 million people.

The Bangladesh government has taken the necessary steps to implement the third phase of the Activating Village Courts programme across the country to make sure justice is more accessible, fair, and affordable for the poor, women, and vulnerable groups . The country’s judicial system will be fully digitized in the next two years as efforts are on to implement a project titled ‘e-Judiciary’ to make the system easier for people. The project aims to make the judicial system across the country fully technology dependent, accessible to people soon with less cost and also make it easier for judges and lawyers to perform their judicial duties. Under the project about 2,000 courtrooms would be digitized with virtual terminals as well. This move stands as a shining testament to HPM Sheikh Hasina’s prudent leadership successes in transforming the digital landscape of the country.

Bangladesh is set to embark on a new era of commuting with a new mode of transport in the capital-the elevated metro rail of Dhaka, thanks to prudent leadership put in display by HPM Sheikh Hasina. Braving the pandemic induced shutdown, the work on country’s first the metro rail project up to Motijheel marked significant progress rising optimism about completion of the project before the stipulated time. This metro rail is aimed at easing the perennial traffic congestion in the capital and providing an improved, faster, comfortable and environment-friendly means of public transportation, said transport experts. With the metro line-6 in place, 14 trains would operate every three minutes and carry 60,000 passengers every hour in both directions.

As envisaged by HPM Sheikh Hasina, a new move has been planned to provide five million low-income households with food assistance that would offer 30 kg of rice each month at the lower rate. Also priority has been placed to enhancing food production and supply chain management of food items to keep the domestic commodity market stable. Braving the crisis arising from the Covid-19 pandemic, Bangladesh is able to keep the production of agriculture uninterrupted in the country and achieve food and nutrition security thanks to the very timely initiatives of the government.

The city corporation authorities approved an action plan for low-carbon, climate-resilient development, supported by ICLEI, making Narayanganj the first Bangladeshi city to adopt such a plan. The city administration has already set up air-quality monitoring systems with help from an international body to detect and measure polluting gases like carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide and sulphur dioxide, as well as particulate matter, with real-time data displayed on public screens. The organization also encouraged renewable energy adoption in the city and has set up rooftop solar power systems at some public facilities including a public library and a hospital.