Sustainable development has been pointed out as a life-sustaining condition to ensure a felicitous life for future generations in developing countries of the world. Also, it has been closely appertained to social arena of those countries. Despite its significance, the issue cannot be done with solved easily as there are many factors that tend to retard its progress. In this regard, this document provides policy guidance on good practice in developing and implementing strategies for sustainable development. The guidance focuses on the social arena of Bangladesh, but many of the issues covered and lessons drawn are of equal relevance to developed countries-the other two arenas being economic and environmental. For this purpose, it examines the current scenario in the social arena in Bangladesh, assesses the factors that influence the situation and comments on the strategies and tactics necessary to help development in Bangladesh become recurrent. Through the above analysis, the paper clarifies the structures and tasks, as a whole in the issue of sustainable development in the social sector.