{"id":121626,"date":"2021-12-29T17:03:53","date_gmt":"2021-12-30T00:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=121626"},"modified":"2021-12-29T17:03:53","modified_gmt":"2021-12-30T00:03:53","slug":"why-sri-lanka-and-pakistan-praise-bangladesh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2021\/12\/29\/why-sri-lanka-and-pakistan-praise-bangladesh\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Sri Lanka And Pakistan Praise Bangladesh?"},"content":{"rendered":"

MD Pathik Hasan Dhaka, Bangladesh.<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n

Five\nexcellent articles praising the \u2018Bangladesh Economic Rise Model\u2019 were published\nin the Pakistan\u2019s major leading dailies recently. Normally Pakistani media\noutlets don\u2019t publish the positive content related to Bangladesh massively. But\nthis time, Pakistani media start to publish the write-ups on the Bangladesh\nmassively. On the other hand, Sri Lanka\u2019s popular daily \u2018Daily News\u2019 published\nsome article praising Bangladesh\u2019s economic thriving. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the age of 50, Bangladesh is\ngoing to be a South Asian Economic miracle. Although Bangladesh (then East\nPakistan) was the part of the Pakistan, it has already surpassed Pakistan in\nalmost all socio-cultural and economic indicators. That is the attraction of\nglobal eyes including Pakistani media outlets. Pakistan has started to see\nBangladesh positively. Basically, rare praise from Pakistan is the highest\nrecognition of Bangladesh. It is the valid truth that Bangladesh\u2019s success\nstory is indomitable. Appreciation by Pakistani media proves the statement. When\nyour opponent praises you, you should think that you are doing better.  Indeed, Bangladesh is now a prime example of\na South Asian economic miracle. Many countries and international organizations\nare appreciating the economic rise of Bangladesh. Even Pakistani media are\npraising Bangladesh\u2019s economic growth in their reports, editorials, opinions,\netc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bangladesh\ncelebrated its 50th founding anniversary. From the center to the village level,\nthe festival was celebrated all over the country. Many discussed the successes\nand achievements of the country in their programs. Pakistani media outlets\ndiscussed the issue in their editorial and opinion pages. Among of these, five\narticles which have been published recently are very excellent. When national\ndailies publish something on some issues, it carries some important messages\nfor the nation. Today, Pakistani media are praising Bangladesh. Rare\nappreciation from Pakistan is the recognition of Bangladesh\u2019s success story. They are acknowledging the reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Pakistani\nwriter Shazia Anwer Cheema who is an analyst writing for national and\ninternational media outlets. She heads the DND Thought Center. She writes in\nthe prestigious Pakistani daily \u2018Express Tribune\u2019 in her write-up which was\npublished on December 29 tilted \u2018<\/strong>MIPs: can we learn from Nepal and\nBangladesh?\u2019<\/strong><\/a> that Should\nwe not look at Bangladesh and Nepal in our region? They have acquired\ntremendous benefits out of MIPs. MIPs\nreport about Bangladesh says that Dhaka is on the right track to achieve middle-income\nexpansion and integrating economic growth with social presence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\nis pertinent to mention that Sri Lanka\u2019s well circulated \u2018Daily News\u2019 newspaper\nsome excellent articles appreciating the Bangladesh\u2019s economic achievement. By\npublishing the articles, Daily News wants to convey messages to the\nPolicymakers and people of Sri Lanka that Sri Lanka should take lessons from\nBangladesh. Sri Lanka should not loot at the remote. It can gain by following\nits neighbors \u2018Bangladesh Model\u2019. It is true that Sri Lanka can benefit from\nfollowing the \u2018Dhaka Model\u2019.  An article\nwritten by Jubeda Chowdhury titled \u2018<\/strong>Bangladesh\u2019s\nSuccess Story: A worthy example\u2019<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>is\nthe best example to understand it. Daily News published the article on December\n28, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According\nto the article \u2018Bangladesh has improved its quality of life, economic\nstrength and prosperity, education and research in every field. And that is why\nin the past Bangladesh was said to follow the developed countries to move\nforward. Today the countries in Africa are being urged to look towards\nBangladesh. No development in Bangladesh today is a surprise, but it is the\nresult of systematic hard work. Today, Bangladesh is reaping the harvest of\nthousands of days of suffering of millions of people.\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daily News also published the articles tiled \u2018<\/strong>Bangladesh\nat 50: From \u2018basket\ncase\u2019 to rising economic star\u2019<\/strong><\/a>\n(written by Leah Carter), \u2018How\nBangladesh became one of the fastest-growing economies\u2019<\/strong><\/a>\n<\/strong>(written by Kamal Quadir) and \u2018World\ncan learn from Bangladesh\u2019<\/strong><\/a>\n(written by Pathik Hasan). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According\nto the last one, \u2018Bangladesh got its independence from Pakistan in 1971. Born\nthrough the Great Liberation War from Pakistan in 1971, it inherited a\nshattered economy and a completely broken infrastructure. It was described as a\nhopeless economic disaster by many economic experts and world leaders such as\nHenry Kissinger of the US who called it a Basket Case\u201d in 1974. Nobody\nbelieved that it could survive economically as an independent country. Today\nthe world is both surprised and delighted to see the phoenix rising from the\nashes.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the\nPakistan\u2019s leading dailies, the \u2018Pakistan Today\u2019 published an important and\nnice article on Bangladesh. The article written by Hafizur Talukdar tiled \u2018<\/strong>Bangladesh\u2019s Assistance to Sri Lanka\nincreases its image and prestige\u2019<\/strong><\/a> on December 27. The article praises\nBangladesh\u2019s economic growth impressively. According to this article \u2018The image of Bangladesh and the\nrespect for the people of this country has increased due to the assistance to\nSri Lanka and Sudan from its foreign exchange reserves. Now the question is\nvalid. Bangladesh is now a lending country! If Bangladesh can be a\nself-sufficient, lender, an economic miracle in South Asia, why can\u2019t others do\nthat? Why does South Asia not take lessons from Bangladesh? Of course, South\nAsia can learn a lot from Bangladesh\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dawn,\nOne of Pakistan\u2019s prestigious newspapers, published an article on December 16\n(Day of Golden Jubilee of Bangladesh) titled \u2018The Bangladesh Story\u2019<\/strong><\/a>\n. The widely circulated Pakistani daily \u2018Dawn\u2019 published an evaluative article\nby Israt Hossain. (Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan\u2019s Former Advisor for\nInstitutional Reforms and Austerity Ishrat Husain who served as the dean of the\nInstitute of Business Administration, University of Karachi and the Governor of\nthe State Bank of Pakistan). He\nonce again worked in Dhaka, Chittagong and Patuakhali. He is well known to the\nsocio-economic condition of Bangladesh. Not only that, he is also quite\nproficient in Bangla language. Several newspapers have published articles,\neditorials on the 50th anniversary of Bangladesh\u2019s victory day. It is the Pakistan’s\ndefeat and Bangladesh’s victory. But this time, Pakistani media outlets start\nto understand that they are far lag behind from Bangladesh. According to the\narticle,\u2019 The Bangladesh story is an attractive one. How can a country so\nvulnerable to natural calamities outperform its much larger, better-endowed\nneighbors \u2014 India and Pakistan \u2014 in most socio-economic indicators?\u2019 He showed\nthe 6 fact-findings in his article why Bangladesh is moving forward such as\ncultural homogeneity with the same language, ethnicity, and a shared history\nand practically no religious, sectarian, tribal, and feudal divisions, the\nunitary form of government, women empowerment, a continuity in economic\npolicies, projects, and programs despite having bitter political rivalries,\nefforts to liberalize trade, open its economy, bring in foreign technical\nknow-how and provide generous cash and non-cash incentives to exporters,\nsustained high growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pakistan\u2019s another\npopular and leading daily \u2018Pakistan Today\u2019 (whose founding editor was\nPakistan\u2019s veteran journalist and minister Arif Nizami) published an excellent\narticle on December 24, written by Jubeda Chowdhury titled \u2018Why and how\nBangladesh is moving forward?\u2019<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong> Jubeda\nChowdhury\u2019s well-written article describes the pros and cons (a-z) of the economic\ngrowth model and system of Bangladesh. To understand the pace of economic\ngrowth of Bangladesh, I suggest all to read the article carefully. According to\nthe Jubeda Chowdhury\u2019s article\u2019 It\nis not surprising that the milestone of being a middle-income country by 2024\nmay be missed, but mega projects like Padma Bridge, Karnafuli Tunnel and Metro\nRail starting from the Century Delta Plan show that the dream of Bangladesh to\nbe recognized as a developed country by 2041 is to be realized. Not a very\nunrealistic thought. But it requires an uninterrupted development environment\nand strong leadership. And this is why the development management of Bangladesh\nhas become a role model for underdeveloped countries in all development\nagencies including the United Nations and the World Bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pakistan\u2019s\nleading daily \u2018The News International\u2019 published also published an article on\nDecember 21 titled\u2019 The\nWest Pakistan Model\u2019<\/strong><\/a> written by\nMosharraf Zaidi. In his article, he analyses and compares the Bangladesh Model\nof economic growth with the West Pakistan Model\u2019. It is pertinent to mention\nthat Pakistani magazine South Asia\u201d published a total of seven stories\nhighlighting the success and achievements of Bangladesh and Prime Minister\nSheikh Hasina in March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pakistan\u2019s major English dailies\n\u2013 have published articles lauding the economic growth of Bangladesh. They said\nthe country\u2019s economy was booming under the leadership of its PM Sheikh Hasina.\nThey felt Bangladesh was going to be the next South Asian economic superstar.\nThey acknowledged Bangladesh\u2019s tremendous effort to boost its economy over the\npast few years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the Pakistani media has\nbeen asking its government to follow Bangladesh\u2019s model, it remains a sore\npoint that Bangladesh -then East Pakistan, its eastern wing \u2013 was an exploited\ncolony of Pakistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bangladesh is now ahead of\nPakistan in many indexes. It is a matter of considerable surprise that Pakistan\nis now praising Bangladesh. Although Bangladesh is now just 50, Pakistan is 74\nyears old. Had Pakistan not exploited Bangladesh economically for 24 years\n(1947-71), it would have gone further ahead. However, Pakistan praising\nBangladesh reflects both the reality and success of Bangladesh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MD Pathik Hasan Dhaka, Bangladesh. Five excellent articles praising the \u2018Bangladesh Economic Rise Model\u2019 were published in the Pakistan\u2019s major leading dailies recently. Normally Pakistani media outlets don\u2019t publish the positive content related to Bangladesh massively. But this time, Pakistani media start to publish the write-ups on the Bangladesh massively. On the other hand, Sri […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-121626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-md-pathik-hasan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121626\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}