Completion of the trial of the brutal killing of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman along with his family members and execution of the death sentences as well as progress in 9 cases at two tribunals in the trials of crimes against humanity and war-crimes with the goal of establishing rule of law.
-- Complete freedom of the mass media, formulation of Right to Information Act, setting up of Information Commission and appointment of 13000 designated officers for ensuring free flow of information.
-- Declaration of film-making as an industry.
-- According approval to 16 private television channels, 14 community radio stations and 7 FM radio channels.
-- Historic victory at the tribunal on international maritime law, finalisation of the maritime boundary between Bangladesh and Myanmar, establishment of just rights of Bangladesh in the sea area extending up to 111,631 square kilometres.
-- Adoption of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's model for peace and her daughter Saima Wazed Putul's proposal on autism at the United Nations.
-- Demarcation of borders with India, duty-free access of Bangladeshi products into the Indian market and provision of free movement to and from Tinbigha corridor round the clock.
-- Successful holding of 5,187 elections since assumption of office by the government.
-- High growth sustained in Bangladesh despite global economic recession; the country occupied fifth position in the world among the achievers of high growth rate; average growth rate of 6.4% in four years.
-- Revenue collection more than doubled; Taka 947.54 billion (US $11.85 billion) revenue collected in 2011-12 financial year compared to Taka 474.36 billion (US $5.93 billion) in the year 2008-09.
-- Foreign exchange reserve has risen to US Dollar 12.3 billion from US Dollar 5.78 billion in 2008.
-- Export receipts raised to US Dollar 24.3 billion.
-- Per capita national income rose to US Dollar 848 from US Dollar 676 in 2009.
-- Agreements on foreign aid commitments for receiving US Dollar 14,898.57 million signed in three and a half years up to June 2012 since assumption of office by the government, which is 83.78 percent higher compared to the preceding three and half years.
-- Allocation for the Annual Development Programme raised to Taka 550 billion (US $6.87 billion) in 2012-13, as opposed to Taka 230 billion (US$2.87 billion) in 2008-09.
-- Huge success by fulfilling election pledges on power generation; present production is 8,275 megawatt as against 3,268 megawatt in 2009; production of natural gas per day raised to 2,250 million cubic feet from 1,750 million cubic feet.
-- Price of non-urea fertiliser reduced in three stages by 70% to 78%; 8,068 and 28 thousand retail sellers deployed at union and village levels respectively.
-- Food-grain production increased by 1.94 million metric tons during 2011-12 fiscal year compared to production in 2007-08; now on the way to achieving self-reliance in food-grain production in 2012-13.
-- The UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon identified Bangladesh as a model for the developing world during his visit to Bangladesh in 2011.
-- Record quantity of food-grain has been produced as a result of agriculture-friendly policies; food security has been ensured by undertaking various programmes related to food security as well as augmentation of stored food.
-- Famine-like 'Monga' situation in the country's north has been eliminated; size of agricultural land in the area has increased due to agriculture-friendly policies and crops have been grown their on a massive scale.
-- The generic mystery of jute and fungus has been unveiled.
-- Fish production has risen to 32.62 lac metric tons from 25.63 lac metric tons.
-- The number of beneficiaries as well as amount of allowances has been increased in schemes meant for the aged, the widows and destitute women, insolvent pregnant mothers, insolvent and disabled freedom fighters and families of martyred freedom fighters in order to consolidate the social safety net coverage. Over 80 million people are being benefited directly by 84 social safety net programmes; Around Taka 40 billion (US $500 million) are being spent in the social safety net sector, which includes OMS, VGD, VGF, TR, FFW.
-- A sanction of 51,871 acres of agricultural khas land was made in favour of 111,673 landless families.
-- Historic achievement in reducing poverty rate, which came down to 31.5% in 2010 from 40.4 percent in 2005.
-- 'National Service Programme' has been launched for the temporary employment of educated unemployed youths.
-- Maternity allowances have been distributed among 362,400 females; allowances were given to 22,000 lactating mothers; rice/wheat were distributed among 1,500,000 women under the VGD programme and subsistence allowances were given to 160,000 women under the food security programme.
-- Steps have been taken to provide credit facilities to women entrepreneurs on easy terms in order to increase the involvement of women in mainstream economy; at least 15% of the refinancing scheme of Bangladesh Bank was meant for allocation among female entrepreneurs.
-- Honorarium for insolvent freedom fighters has been enhanced; the number of beneficiaries has been raised to 150,000 from 100,000.
-- The retirement age of freedom fighters in government service has been increased to 60 years.
-- Hundred percent enrolment of children in schools has been ensured in accordance with the election manifesto; success has been achieved in meeting Millennium Development Goal-2; the number of students receiving stipends has risen to 7.8 million from 4.8 million; free text books for primary and secondary levels are being distributed among primary and secondary students on the first day of each year; under a new curriculum, 270 million text-books have been distributed on 1 January 2013.
-- JSC/JDC and PSC examinations have been introduced as final examinations for classes eight and five.
-- 1,624 private educational institutions have been brought under MPO.
-- UN prize and Gavy medal have been won for successes in reducing child mortality; 'South South Prize' was won for successful application of information technology in improving maternal and child health.
-- Healthcare services have been ensured at the grassroots level by launching 12,203 community clinics throughout the country.
-- 8 new hospitals, 4 medical colleges, 7 nursing colleges and 12 nursing institutes have been made operational.
-- 25 types of e-services have been extended at union and individual levels including digitalisation of 'purji' of sugarcane farmers, agricultural information, healthcare information, educational information, admission in educational institutes and results of examinations.
-- District information portals and one-stop service centres have been set up in all districts; land related services are being provided from these centres without any delay or harassment.
-- Scope has been created for paying electricity, gas and phone bills and purchasing railway tickets via mobile phones.
-- Nearly half the country's population now have mobile phones; the number of internet users is around 30 million.
-- Digital tax payment system has been introduced.
-- Around 49 development projects are under implementation for developing 41,581 plots and constructing 31,533 flats in divisional towns including Dhaka as well as various districts- sub-districts by targeting low and medium income people.
-- Minimum wages have been fixed for 35 private sector industries including a minimum wage of Taka 3 thousand for the garments sector; the retirement age of workers has been raised to 60 years.
-- A time-befitting Pay Scale has been given to government employees.
-- Maternity leave for female government employees and women workers has been increased to six months from four months.
-- Up to October 2012, around 2 million Bangladeshi workers have found overseas employment; remittances earned totalled US Dollar 46.61 billion, with US Dollar 14.2 billion in 2012.
-- The stay of around 268.000 Bangladeshis in Malaysia has been legalised; opportunity has been created for entry of more workers into the Malaysian labour market.
-- The number of Haj pilgrims has risen to a record level; it rose to 109, 611 from of 58,269 in 2009.
-- Eleven large bridges have been constructed.
-- Integrated Hatirjheel-Begunbari project in Dhaka with multi-faceted facilities including communication, recreation opened for the public
-- Work on the construction of an elevated expressway from Hazrat Shah Jalal International Airport up to Jatrabari, the flyover on Mirpur-Airport Road route and the Jatrabari-Palashi 'Mayor Mohammad Hanif Flyover' is continuing.
-- More than 45 new trains have been added into service and 20 train services have been extended farther.
-- Bangladesh has been accorded recognition as the country sending the highest number of peacekeepers to the UN Missions; At present, around 12000 personnel from the armed forces and Police are working in 10 countries of the world.
-- 'Forces Goal 2030' has been formulated in the light of Vision-2021.
[Compiled by: Press Information Department]