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Bangladesh to be developed country by 2041: Speaker
DHAKA, Oct 24, 2018 (BSS) – Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury today said Bangladesh is marching towards a developed country as a result of sincere efforts of the present government.
“Under the dynamic and farsighted leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the country has witnessed considerable progress in the past 10 years” she told a book publication function at the Abdul Karim Sahitya Bisharad auditorium of Bangla Academy here on the occasion of 71st birth anniversary of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
National Professor Rafiqul Islam and Pro-vice Chancellor of Dhaka University Dr Nasrin Ahmed, among others, addressed the function with convenor of book publication committee Panna Kaisar in the chair.
The book titled “Peace and Harmony” written on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was edited by Prof Ahmed Reza and translated by Anis Mohammad. It (the book) was a compilation of 71 poems written by 71 poets. The book was published in both Bangla and English languages.
Dr Shirin said, “Life and works of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina were reflected in the book, which has immense literary values. Every poem of the book has depicted profound love of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina towards the people of the country.”
She said Bangladesh is marching towards achievement of the eligibility to graduate to a developing country from the Least Developed Country (LDC) status.
Under the dynamic and farsighted leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh would be turned into a developing nation by 2024 and developed country by 2041, she added.
The speaker said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is working tirelessly to build a poverty-free, happy and prosperous country through utilizing potentiality of all development aspects of the country.
“Bangladesh has been lauded globally for remarkable advancement of womenfolk as the government has taken many milestone initiatives for empowerment of women,” she added.
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