PM working to improve people’s fortune: Speaker

Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Dr. Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury here today said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is working to improve the fortune of common people.

The philosophy of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was to bring a smile on the face of the poor. That is why he has worked all his life for the betterment of the people with the aim of achieving economic freedom.

“Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is working tirelessly to complete the unfinished works of Bangabandhu and all these works are visible today,” Dr. Shirin said.

She was speaking as the chief guest at a views-exchange meeting arranged at the office of Pirganj Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) in Pirganj municipal town followed by distribution of scholarships and bicycles among ethnic students.

Arriving in Pirganj, the Speaker placed wreaths at the mural of Bangabandhu on the Upazila Parishad premises.

In the meeting, she exchanged views with the officials of different departments of the Upazila administration and thanked them for discharging their duties efficiently.

Dr. Shirin greeted all officials and employees of the upazila a happy Bengali New Year-1429.

During the meeting, she inquired about the developmental activities of different departments of the upazila and gave necessary directions to the officials concerned.

She also called upon all the officials of Pirganj upazila to work sincerely so that common people would get all the benefits of development easily.

On the occasion, the Speaker distributed 50 bicycles among female students of small ethnic groups in Pirganj as educational materials under the ‘Development Assistance for Special Area (‘Development Assistance for Special Areas’ (except Chittagong Hill Tracts) program.