Proposed budget seems to be a challenging one: BCI
— June 13, 2022Anwar-ul Alam Chowdhury (Parvez), President of Bangladesh Chamber of industries (BCI) said that the proposed budget seems to be challenging…
Staff Correspondent: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said people will settle the question who will govern the country.
She made the remark when a nine-member joint delegation led by Birk Niebel, Economic Cooperation and Development Minister of Germany, and Andris Piebalgs, European Commissioner for Development, called on her at the Prime Minister’s Office in the morning.
Hasina said that she and her party always believe in people’s welfare and reiterated her government’s strong commitment to root out corruption and militancy from Bangladesh.
She said the government will never allow use of Bangladesh soil for terrorist activities.
“We won’t allow any evil forces to use even an inch of our land for terrorism and militancy,” the premier was quoted by her Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad as saying.
Hasina said she had narrowly escaped many terrorist attacks on her life. “Nothing can keep me from working for the people’s economic emancipation. I’ve dedicated my life for the wellbeing of the people. I work only for them,” she added.
She mentioned that during the last BNP-Jamaat alliance, “Bangladesh was known to the international community as a country of militancy and corruption.”
After taking office, the present government through hectic efforts has been able to free the nation from such a stigma, the premier said.
As the European ministers praised her leadership, the Prime Minister said the government is working to ensure national food security and protect the nation from the disastrous impacts of the climate change.
She informed the European delegation of the government activities to dredge the rivers in the country to restore their navigability. On development activities, Hasina said the European Union and its member countries should provide Bangladesh government with funds for launching integrated programmes for the development of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT).