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Desk Report: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has sought British cooperation in curbing militancy and terrorism in the country.
The prime minister sought the cooperation when visiting British Minister of State for International Development Alan Duncan called on her at her office in the city on Wednesday.
Hasina categorically said her government will show zero tolerance against terrorism and militancy and that there will be no space for terrorists and militants in the soil of Bangladesh.
Briefing newsmen after the meeting, PM’s Deputy Press Secretary Md Nazrul Islam said Sheikh Hasina informed the British minister that her government is working for a stable democracy and to give democracy a strong footing.
Appreciating the government efforts to ensure women’s empowerment and the social safety net programmes, Duncan said the United Kingdom would provide one billion US dollars as development assistance to Bangladesh in the next two years.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina also sought more foreign investment in the power sector to address power crisis, saying that her government is creating a congenial investment atmosphere in the country.
She said her government has formulated a new education policy focusing on science and technology-based education.
The government, Hasina said, is determined to achieve cent percent literacy rate in the country by 2014 and has introduced school feeding system to prevent dropout and increase enrollment, which is yielding positive result. She also sought British cooperation in this regard.
She mentioned that the present government is channelling more fund to improve the lifestyle of rural people.
Thanking the prime minister for her allout support in establishing Asian University for Women in Chittagong, Duncan requested her to provide a piece of land to the Acid Survivors Foundation for building a world-class hospital for the acid-burnt victims with joint collaboration of the foundation and the British government.
British High Commissioner Stephan Evans, Ambassador at Large M Ziauddin and Secretary to the Prime Minister’s Office Molla Waheeduzzaman were present at the meeting.