Dhaka, July 6 -- Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday said the current government, which assumed office in February 2026, has placed rural development at the centre of its agenda and undertaken a series of programmes for the overall welfare of rural people in line with its election manifesto.

He made the remarks while addressing a programme as the chief guest at the Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP) auditorium in the capital, marking the organisation's 47th founding anniversary and the second World Rural Development Day.

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