FBD DESK:

The nation welcomes the New Year 2021 with a new hope of returning to normal life as the much-anticipated vaccine may defeat the COVID-19 that has already claimed over 1.8 million lives globally in 2020.

However, the pandemic has forced the nations to avoid any kind of public gatherings or extravaganza centering the New Year celebration likewise all other celebrations in this year.

Even then, people have already conveyed their best wishes to their friends and beloved ones through greeting cards and using different messaging applications and social media platforms.

Corporate and government officials and various organisations also did the same things as they do every year.

The day is also a moment of looking back to the outgoing year for reviewing the successes and failures and planning strategies to reach new goals for the coming year.

Alongside many achievements and global recognitions, the country was totally peaceful in the political landscape in 2020. The peaceful political situation allowed the nation’s economy to grow faster.

A major success of the country in this year was the completion of installing all spans of the long-cherished Padma Multipurpose Bridge, making the whole 6.15-kilometer Padma Bridge visible.

The outgoing year also came with an extra significance since the year was declared as the ‘Mujib Barsho’ on the occasion of the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, just a year ahead of the golden jubilee of independence.

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has taken a three-tier security measures across the country, including the capital, on the Thirty First Night on the occasion of the New Year Celebration.

The whole nation is expecting peace, progress and stability in the country in the coming year to harness the prospects for a better future of the people.

On the eve of the New Year, President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina greeted people of the country through separate messages. (Source: Banglanews)