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Bangladesh shares 139th spot<br />
in Human Development Index<br />
• Mahadi Al Hasnat<br />
Bangladesh advanced three<br />
steps, thus, jointly ranking<br />
139th with Ghana and<br />
Zambia out of 188 countries<br />
in the Human Development<br />
Index (HDI), according to the<br />
Human Development Report<br />
(HDR) 2016.<br />
Categorised as a “medium<br />
human development” country<br />
for the 13th consecutive<br />
year, Bangladesh’s average<br />
annual growth of HDI was<br />
1.64%, between 1990 and<br />
2015, which is higher than<br />
that of many other South<br />
Asian countries, the report<br />
adds.<br />
The annual report was<br />
unveiled by the UNDP at a<br />
programme which it jointly<br />
organised with the Planning<br />
Commission in Dhaka yesterday,<br />
less than two weeks after<br />
the report’s global launch<br />
in Stockholm, Sweden.<br />
With the HDI value<br />
standing at 0.579 in 2015,<br />
Bangladesh ranked fifth in<br />
South Asia, lagging behind<br />
Sri Lanka (73rd), the Maldives<br />
(105th), India (131st) and<br />
Bhutan (132nd) on the overall<br />
list topped by Norway (with<br />
0.949 HDI value).<br />
Addressing as chief<br />
guest, Planning Minister<br />
AHM Mustafa Kamal termed<br />
Bangladesh’s progress in<br />
human development over the<br />
last two decades significant,<br />
saying the average annual<br />
HDI growth is better than<br />
many other South Asian<br />
countries.<br />
“Our social indicators<br />
depict that we are doing<br />
better in health, education<br />
and life expectancy at birth<br />
with the per capita income<br />
spiraling,” he added.<br />
Life expectancy at birth<br />
in Bangladesh stood at 72<br />
years, expected years of<br />
schooling at 10.2 years, mean<br />
years of schooling 5.2 years,<br />
adult literacy rate 61.5, gross<br />
national income (GNI) per<br />
capita $3,341, the report<br />
reads.<br />
State Minister for Foreign<br />
Affairs Shahriar Alam said<br />
Bangladesh became a role<br />
model among developing<br />
Khaleda Zia asks HC to dismiss<br />
arson cases against her<br />
• Ashif Islam Shaon<br />
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia<br />
has challenged a lower court’s<br />
decision to accept the charges<br />
against her in two arson cases.<br />
In separate petitions filed with<br />
the High Court, Khaleda also requested<br />
that the court cancel the<br />
case trials. A hearing may be held<br />
on the petitions on <strong>April</strong> 9.<br />
In February 2015, two cases<br />
were filed with Darussalam<br />
Police Station accusing Khaleda<br />
and other BNP leaders and<br />
activists of setting fire to vehicles.<br />
Police submitted the<br />
charge sheet in May last year.<br />
The lower court has asked<br />
Khaleda to appear before it on<br />
<strong>April</strong> 10 in order to proceed with<br />
the indictment hearing of the<br />
arson cases lodged against her.<br />
The trial court concerned<br />
took the charges into cognisance<br />
in August 2016. •<br />
countries as its progress in<br />
recent years has impressed<br />
the world.<br />
“We have to continue our<br />
development for the sake of<br />
the people, especially the<br />
marginalised and deprived<br />
ones.”<br />
Dr Selim Jahan, lead author<br />
of the report, cautioning<br />
on paying too much attention<br />
to national averages,<br />
said: “Though progress in<br />
human development has<br />
been impressive over the<br />
past 25 years, still it [human<br />
development] has been uneven<br />
and human deprivations<br />
persist.”<br />
UNDP Bangladesh<br />
Country Director Sudipto<br />
Mukharjee questioned about<br />
who has been left out in the<br />
development process and<br />
how and why that happened.<br />
Devised and launched<br />
in 1990, HDI is a measure<br />
to assess progress in three<br />
basic dimensions of human<br />
development: a long and<br />
healthy life, access to<br />
knowledge, and access to<br />
decent standard living. •<br />
News 5<br />
THURSDAY, APRIL 6, <strong>2017</strong><br />
<strong>DT</strong><br />
Faridpur Saltha upazila<br />
chairman suspended<br />
• Md Wali Newaz, Faridpur<br />
The government has suspended<br />
Md Wahiduzzaman,<br />
chairman of Saltha Upazila in<br />
Faridpur, saying that a court<br />
accepted murder charges<br />
against him.<br />
A circular of the LGRD Ministry<br />
issued on March 30 says<br />
that charge sheet in the case –<br />
filed in 2008 – was accepted by<br />
TEMPERATURE FORECAST FOR TODAY<br />
a court on August 22, 2016. The<br />
order reached Saltha recently.<br />
When contacted yesterday,<br />
Wahiduzzaman said he would<br />
challenge the decision as “the<br />
information of acceptance of<br />
the charges is not true.”<br />
The case was filed against<br />
him on March 22, 2008, a day<br />
after Bhawal Jubo League general<br />
secretary Liton Alam was<br />
hacked to death. •<br />
Dhaka 33 25 Chittagong 30 25 Rajshahi 33 25 Rangpur 30 22 Khulna 34 25 Barisal 33 25 Sylhet 30 22<br />
Cox’s Bazar 31 25<br />
RAIN LIKELY<br />
THURSDAY, APRIL 6<br />
DHAKA<br />
TODAY<br />
TOMORROW<br />
SUN SETS 6:17PM<br />
SUN RISES 5:45AM<br />
YESTERDAY’S HIGH AND LOW<br />
34.5ºC<br />
18.5ºC<br />
Kumarkhali<br />
Netrokona<br />
Source: Accuweather/UNB<br />
PRAYER<br />
TIMES<br />
Fajr: 5:15am | Zohr: 1:15pm<br />
Asr: 5:00pm | Magrib: 6:24pm<br />
Esha: 8:15pm<br />
Source: Islamic Foundation
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