Arsonists, killers must not return to power

GBDESK//

Terming opposition BNP and Jamaat arson terrorists, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the people to prevent the parties from coming to power again.

“The arson terrorist BNP-Jamaat alliance, the killers, the anti-liberation forces and the war criminals must not come to power again,” she said.

The PM was speaking at a civic reception accorded to her at Ritz-Carlton hotel in Washington DC on Tuesday.

Hasina, now in the US on a six-day visit, said the BNP-Jamaat nexus took Bangladesh on the verge of destruction during its rule.

She said her government has been able to put Bangladesh on the “highway to development” through hard work over the last 14 years.

“Bangladesh will keep moving forward. Bangladesh will be built as the developed and prosperous Golden Bangladesh of the Father of the Nation. And that is our aim.”

Hasina said the government has built a digital Bangladesh.

“Taking advantage of the digital Bangladesh, they [BNP and Jamaat] are spreading lies against us. Please don’t pay heed to their propaganda,” she told her audience.

The socio-economic development of the country was possible as the Awami League continued to be in power, she said.

The premier said the AL is a pro-people party and it has always worked for establishing the rights of the masses. “The Awami League always works for the welfare of the people. The fate of the people changes whenever the party assumes office.”

She said Bangladesh has become a developing country and the government is determined to build the country as a developed and prosperous one.

Hasina said Bangladeshi expatriates have made great contributions to the development of the country.

She requested them to send remittance home through legal channels as the government has announced a 2.5 percent incentive for this.

The PM said the wheels of the country’s economy were running amid the global economic crisis caused by Covid-19 pandemic and Russia-Ukraine war due to the government’s timely measures.

Stating that poverty rate has fallen to 18.7 percent and hardcore poverty rate to 5.6 percent, she said there will be no extreme poverty in the country.