<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">World Bank Managing Director of Operations Axel van Trotsenburg arrived in Dhaka on Saturday on his first official visit to Bangladesh. During his three-day visit, Axel van Trotsenburg will meet with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Finance Minister A H M Mustafa Kamal and other senior government officials, civil society representatives, and development partners. He will also visit World Bank-supported projects. He is accompanied by Mr. Martin Raiser, World Bank Vice President for the South Asia Region.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">The World Bank in a press release prior to the visit of the high-ranking official, praised Bangladesh for its remarkable development journey'. It commended Bangladesh for 'dramatically reducing poverty through successful innovations in human development, women's empowerment and climate adaptation.'</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">In its over 50 years of partnership with Bangladesh, World Bank has committed about USD 39 billion mostly in grants or concessional credits. Bangladesh currently has the largest ongoing programme supported by the World Bank Group's International Development Association (IDA), said the press release.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>