Former Dutch Ambassador to Bangladesh Leoni Cuelenaere has said as a Dutch Ambassador she witnessed the overwhelming progress of Bangladesh in every sector – especially in socio-economic sectors – during her tenure in Bangladesh.
She said the combination of the hardworking people of Bangladesh, a creative youthful generation and effective and timely initiatives of the government are key reasons behind this success story, reports UNB.
Leoni was addressing the “Development Fair” organized by the Embassy of Bangladesh in The Hague, on Saturday—said the Embassy on Sunday.
Highlighting Bangladesh’s Delta Plan 2100 as a landmark project, she described a few other sectors in which the Dutch government is actively engaged in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh’s Ambassador to the Netherlands Sheikh Mohammed Belal urged the members of Bangladesh’s community to join their hands to accomplish the dream of poverty and a hunger-free 'Golden Bengal'—of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
To make the participants aware of Bangladesh’s success over the last ten years, the Bangladesh Embassy held the discussion session at the fair.
Apart from a large number of members of the Bangladeshi expatriate community, Senior Policy Officer (Bangladesh), Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs Jan de Boer, and Country Program Manager of Nuffic Trix van Hoof were present at the development fair.
Counsellor Kazi Russel Pervez presented “Bangladesh: A success story for MDGs and dreamer for SDGs.”
Ambassador Belal said Bangladesh has achieved a lot under the leadership of the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and now the country is considered a role model of development.
He thanked the Government of the Netherlands for cooperating with Bangladesh in the Dutch- Bangla flagship project, “Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100.”
As representatives of Bangladesh’s community, Bikash Chowdhury Barua and Dr Nahid Hasan urged other members of the community to use their acquired knowledge to remain engaged developing Bangladesh.
