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Bangladesh is a developing country. Its economic growth is steady. But the economy is not environmental friendly. Dhaka is the worst city to live because of pollution. Green economy can be a solution for future Dhaka. Green Economy:  The green economy is defined as an economy that aims at reducing environmental risk and ecological scarcities, and that aims for sustainable development without degrading the environment. It is closely related with ecological economics, but has a more politically applied focus. The 2011 UNEP green economy report argues that to be green, an economy must not only be efficient, but also fair. Initiative that can be taken by Dhaka as the capital of Bangladesh to turn the country into green economy: • Enhancing Environment products and services • Increasing use of Renewable energy • Clean transportation and fuel • Green buildings • Introduce energy efficient products and services • Switch from carbon to non-carbon components • Transforming the tannery from ...

Bangladesh has indeed been maintaining commendably a high growth rate of GDP in the range of 6-7 per cent annually almost for two decades. It is currently one of the emerging economies of the world, advancing based mainly on three sectors:  readymade garment industry, agriculture and remittances. But Bangladesh, being a country of having more than 160 million people, can add another sector to the list if it can exploit the vast potentials of blue economy. After the two verdicts of International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) regarding the settlement of maritime dispute initially with Myanmar in march 2012 and then with India in July 2014, Bangladesh obtained its absolute maritime territory of 1,18,813 square kilometers, 200 nautical mile Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and an additional area of continental shelf (sea bed) from the coast. The total area falling under the sovereign rights of Bangladesh makes up 81% of the mainland of Bangladesh. It is like that we have got ano...

Vision 2021 and Digital Bangladesh Introduction: "Digital Bangladesh" is currently the most commonly used words in politics, media, among the intellectuals and the civil societies. The world is becoming a Digital Planet. Almost every state is running to become a knowledge-based society by 2016. Bangladesh cannot remain out of it. We must build a Digital Bangladesh and establish a knowledge based society within 50 years of our independence in 2021. Definition of Digital Bangladesh: Digital Bangladesh’ means digitalizing Bangladesh by ensuring an ICT based society where information will be available in online and where all possible activities of the government and other non-government or semi-government organizations will be performed using digital technology. The motto of Digital Bangladesh is to establish technology and knowledge based digital governance such as e-services, e-commerce, e-health, e-education etc. Dreams and Reality of Vision 2021 and Digital Bangladesh: Digita...