Swiss Ambassador to Bangladesh Christian M Fotsch said Bangladesh is now progressing fast than any other previous time. He said the present pace of development should be accelerated. The ambassador said development of the country should be done by own self and the foreign friends will only extend their cooperation in this regard. Mr Fotsch said that SDC has a substantial programme in Bangladesh with an aim to achieve an effective and sustainable poverty reduction in this country. During the last few years' works, SDC felt that Bangladesh made huge progress in the previous few decades, notably in population control, food security, child mortality, malnutrition and access to education. However, poverty reduction remained a major challenge, he mentioned.