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No conspiracies will stop flow of development: Menon
DHAKA, Oct 23, 2018 (BSS) – Social Welfare Minister Rashed Khan Menon today
said no conspiracies will stop the current flow of development of the
country.
“The wheel of development of Bangladesh is moving ahead fast. None can
stop the wheel of development through conspiracies,” he said while speaking
at a discussion at the auditorium of Krishibid Institution here.
Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) organised the discussion titled
‘Global Hunger Index 2018’, said a press release.
Menon said the government has allocated 13.4 percent of the total budget
in social safety net sector. Bangladesh is now hunger and poverty free
country and the government proved it through its works, he added. He said
Bangladesh is now self reliant in food through vast development in
agriculture sector, the release said.
DAE Director General Mohammad Mahsin and Directorate General of Food
Director General Md Arifur Rahman Apu addressed the discussion as special
guests, the release added.
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