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PM dedicates her present for future of young generation
DHAKA, Oct 21, 2018 (BSS)-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today dedicated her
present to the young generation for building their beautiful future assuring
that her government will take all necessary steps for keeping pace with the
changing world.
“I’m dedicating my present to the young generation for building their
beautiful and bright future … As long as we remain power we will take
measures whatever necessary for keeping pace with changing world,” she said.
The premier said this while formally launching the mobile number
portability (MNP) services at a function at her official Ganabhaban residence
here this morning.
“I’m dedicating my present to the young generation who will take forward
the country in future,” she said putting emphasis on maintaining pace of the
country’s advancement.
Minister for Post and Telecommunications and ICT Mostafa Jabbar presided
over the function, while State Minister for ICT Division Junaid Ahmed Palak,
Post and Telecommunications Secretary Shyam Sundar Shikdar also spoke on the
occasion.
Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (BTRC) Chairman Md
Jahurul Haque delivered the welcome address, while PM’s Principal Secretary
Md Nojibur Rahman moderated the function.
Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Post,
Telecommunications and ICT Imran Ahmed, Nahim Razzak, MP, and high officials
of the Prime Minister’s Office and mobile phone operators were present on the
occasion.
A video on the MNP services were screened at the function.
The much-awaited MNP services were launched “commercially on a trial”
basis in Bangladesh on October 1. With this Bangladesh became the 72nd
country to make the services available.
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