The Netherlands Queen Maxima, who is on a three-day visit to Bangladesh, visited Zinardi Union Parishad in Narsingdi’s Palash upazila and learnt of how it provides services to the people through its digital center.

In early September, I travelled to New York for the Sustainable Development Summit at the UN. There, a sweeping new global development agenda was adopted by 193 countries, including Bangladesh and my own country, the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

In her capacity as the UN Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development (UNSGSA), Dutch Queen Máxima has arrived at Dhaka on a three-day visit.