Dhaka, April 3 -- Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Md Tajul Islam on Tuesday said although equitable development is a global challenge Bangladesh has made significant progress under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Despite a lot of bottlenecking, the inclusive development will spread across villages similar to the cities as part of vision 2041 declared by the Prime Minister, he said while attending seminar titled 'Spreading Equitable Development in the Countryside' arranged by Asian Development Bank (ADB) at a city hotel.

During his speech, Salman F Rahman, Private Industry and Investment Advisor to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, mentioned that the key requirement to achieve equitable developme...