In Bangladesh, government officials, professors and anti-poverty campaigners recently demanded a National Sharing Meeting on the progress of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The officials also presented a shadow report on December 9 in an event organized by SUPRO, a national network of grass roots organizations, at the Press Club in Dhaka.

In Bangladesh, International Youth Day (IYD) was celebrated with three major events that took huge hues and cries amongst the mass population of the country.