{"id":2345,"date":"2026-06-26T08:54:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T08:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.thenationix.com\/?p=2345"},"modified":"2026-06-26T08:54:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T08:54:34","slug":"hasina-govt-linked-bangladesh-to-global-mega-infrastructure-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.thenationix.com\/?p=2345","title":{"rendered":"Hasina Gov&#8217;t Linked Bangladesh To Global Mega-Infrastructure Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Part 1: Asian Highway (AH)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u200b<strong>Initiative By:<\/strong> UN ESCAP (Economic &amp; Social Commission for Asia &amp; the Pacific).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u200b<strong>Launch:<\/strong> 1959 master plan to strengthen cross-border road connectivity across Asia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u200b<strong>Bangladesh&#8217;s Role:<\/strong> Officially signed the agreement in 2009. The Sheikh Hasina government played a key role in integrating Bangladesh&#8217;s routes (AH1, AH2, AH41) and developing local infrastructure, though the core concept remains a UN initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Part 2: Silk Road \/ Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u200b<strong>Ancient Silk Road:<\/strong> A historic trade network connecting Asia, Africa, and Europe since the 2nd century BC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u200b<strong>Modern BRI:<\/strong> Proposed in 2013 by Chinese President Xi Jinping as the &#8216;One Belt, One Road&#8217; initiative, reviving ancient routes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u200b<strong>Bangladesh&#8217;s Role:<\/strong> Formally joined in 2016 during Xi Jinping&#8217;s visit. The Sheikh Hasina government partnered with China&#8217;s master plan to boost national infrastructure, though the project is conceptualized and led by China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u200b<strong>In Short:<\/strong> The Sheikh Hasina administration ensured Bangladesh\u2019s strategic participation in these global projects, focusng on domestic connectivity and mega-infrastructure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Part 1: Asian Highway (AH) \u200bInitiative By: UN ESCAP (Economic &amp; Social Commission for Asia &amp; the Pacific). \u200bLaunch: 1959 master plan to strengthen cross-border road connectivity across Asia. \u200bBangladesh&#8217;s Role: Officially signed the agreement in 2009. The Sheikh Hasina government played a key role in integrating Bangladesh&#8217;s routes (AH1, AH2, AH41) and developing local [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2346,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,46,48,57,44,1],"tags":[888,889,779,885,780,887,781,891,886,890],"class_list":{"0":"post-2345","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-international","8":"category-bangladesh","9":"category-economy","10":"category-latest","11":"category-national","12":"category-politics","13":"tag-africa","14":"tag-asian-highway","15":"tag-bangladesh","16":"tag-china","17":"tag-economy","18":"tag-europe","19":"tag-india","20":"tag-mega-project","21":"tag-russia","22":"tag-silk-road"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.thenationix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.thenationix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.thenationix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.thenationix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.thenationix.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2345"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/en.thenationix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2347,"href":"https:\/\/en.thenationix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2345\/revisions\/2347"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.thenationix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.thenationix.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.thenationix.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.thenationix.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}