<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>World Bank's South Asian Region Vice-President Martin Raiser on Monday said Bangladesh has surprised the whole world through its tremendous development, describing the country as "a success case of development".</b></span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">"Bangladesh is a success case of development and attained a very impressive achievement. Bangladesh is becoming one of the countries that makes surprise through its development," he said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He made the remarks while paying a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Prime Minister's Office (PMO) in the capital this morning.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">During the talks, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said Bangladesh wants to maintain an open and transparent relation with the World Bank.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">PM's Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim briefed the newsmen after the meeting. BSS</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>