PM Hasina promises in parliament to free Bangladesh from corruption, militancy
Sangsad Bhaban, Mar 11 (UNB)-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Thursday promised in parliament to free Bangladesh from corruption, misrule and militancy to build up the country as an abode of peace and plenty in South Asia.
“Bangladesh was once synonymous with a land of militancy and terrorism. Today, that bad name has been removed. Bangladesh is now the land of peace and promise, and it has been possible after Awami League’s return to power,” she said.
Winding up the thanksgiving motion on the President’s New Year address to the House, the Prime Minister said her government has been working for the welfare of the people by discarding the politics of meanness and vendetta practiced by the previous government.
“Awami League works for the people with liberal attitude to establish a developed and digital Bangladesh,” she told the House amidst the thumping of desks by treasury- bench members to hail her vision.
In her one-hour statement, the Prime Minister gave a pen picture of activities done in the first year of her government and spelt out future plans in accordance with her party’s election manifesto.
On the current power and gas crises, Hasina frankly admitted that the public life has been rendered miserable by severe shortage of electricity and gas.
However, she deplored that the BNP-Jamaat regime and the immediate-past caretaker government didn’t produce a single megawatt of electricity in their seven years of rule though the demand was on the rise.
“The people would not have suffered so much if the previous government could produce some amount of electricity. Now the buck is passed to us,” she said.
To overcome the crisis urgently, the Prime Minister said that her government is taking initiative to explore gas and buy a three-dimensional rig so Bangladesh can survey and explore gas. “But it is indeed a time-consuming matter.”
Hasina said 700MW electricity has been added to the national grid and another quantum of 800 megawatts will be added in the near future. Besides, she said, the government is taking initiatives for harnessing solar energy, nuclear and clean energy.
“Bangladesh was once synonymous with a land of militancy and terrorism. Today, that bad name has been removed. Bangladesh is now the land of peace and promise, and it has been possible after Awami League’s return to power,” she said.
Winding up the thanksgiving motion on the President’s New Year address to the House, the Prime Minister said her government has been working for the welfare of the people by discarding the politics of meanness and vendetta practiced by the previous government.
“Awami League works for the people with liberal attitude to establish a developed and digital Bangladesh,” she told the House amidst the thumping of desks by treasury- bench members to hail her vision.
In her one-hour statement, the Prime Minister gave a pen picture of activities done in the first year of her government and spelt out future plans in accordance with her party’s election manifesto.
On the current power and gas crises, Hasina frankly admitted that the public life has been rendered miserable by severe shortage of electricity and gas.
However, she deplored that the BNP-Jamaat regime and the immediate-past caretaker government didn’t produce a single megawatt of electricity in their seven years of rule though the demand was on the rise.
“The people would not have suffered so much if the previous government could produce some amount of electricity. Now the buck is passed to us,” she said.
To overcome the crisis urgently, the Prime Minister said that her government is taking initiative to explore gas and buy a three-dimensional rig so Bangladesh can survey and explore gas. “But it is indeed a time-consuming matter.”
Hasina said 700MW electricity has been added to the national grid and another quantum of 800 megawatts will be added in the near future. Besides, she said, the government is taking initiatives for harnessing solar energy, nuclear and clean energy.
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