Bangladesh will showcase its 50 years of achievements to the world at an international expo in Dubai.
The story of ‘indomitable Bangladesh’ that has risen out of war, poverty, and natural disaster to mark an impressive socio-economic development is an awe-inspiring model for other underdeveloped countries participating at the Expo 2020, Bangladeshi ambassador to the UAE, Mohammad Abu Zafar told.
The Bangladesh pavilion will be named “Indomitable Bangladesh: Towards Sustainable Development”
The Pavilion located at the sustainability district will showcase the country’s mega infrastructural projects, women empowerment, climate resilience, inclusive industrial policies, agrarian development, and its growing pharmaceutical industry that have catapulted the South Asian nation on the path of rapid economic progress.
Bangladesh is celebrating its 50th year of independence this year which coincides with the UAE’s 50th year. In the same year, the country also marks the 100th birth anniversary of its founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
The past decade has seen Bangladesh rising as an economic powerhouse with annual GDP growth touching seven percent. The World Bank has upgraded Bangladesh’s GDP growth forecast for this fiscal year to 3.6 percent making it the second-best performing economy in South Asia.
The United Arab Emirates is going to host the “Expo 2020 Dubai” with the theme “Connecting Minds, Creating the Future” and sub-theme — Opportunity, Mobility, and Sustainability.
The expo will end on March 31, 2022, according to the press release.
The last world expo was held in Italy’s Milan in 2015.
