|| Prime Minister Tarique Rahman yesterday said it is now time to rebuild Bangladesh, which was turned into a fragile, debt-dependent and import-dependent state during one and a half decades of fascist rule. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have an undeniable role in the process of rebuilding the country, he said.The Prime Minister was addressing the national conference on 'Navigating Five-Year Strategic Framework for Achieving SDGs: Policy, Partnership and Priority 2026' at Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre in city yesterday. "Exploitation of the fascist for more than one and a half decades had made Bangladesh into a fragile, which now needs to be rebuilt in every sector, including education, health and the environment," he said.General Economics Division (GED) of the Bangladesh Planning Commission and the Governance Innovation Unit (GIU) of the Prime Minister's Office jointly arranged the conference.The Prime Minister said the government has taken initiatives to implement a five-year strategic economic plan aimed at ensuring people's prosperity, aligning the country's national development plans with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the United Nations.Referring to BNP's people-oriented policies, Tarique Rahman said the party's plans and programmes had always been designed for the welfare of the people."There is very little difference between the development agenda of BNP and MDGs and SDGs of the United Nations.