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US to continue support to Bangladesh’s uplift: Bernicat
DHAKA, Oct 30, 2018 (BSS) – US ambassador in Dhaka Marcia Stephens Bloom
Bernicat today said her country will continue support to Bangladesh’s
development as she paid a farewell call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
“We’ll continue our support to Bangladesh’s uplift,” PM’s Press Secretary
Ihsanul Karim quoted the US ambassador as saying while briefing reporters
after the meeting at Ganabhaban here this morning.
The press secretary said both the premier and the US ambassador expressed
satisfaction over the existing bilateral relations between the two countries
He said the US envoy described Bangladesh’s young people as “extraordinary”
expressing her firm belief that they will carry forward the country’s
development.
She also highly praised the prime minister’s hard work to develop the
country.
Terming education as very important for all, the ambassador said it is a
“great factor” for development of any country.
Bernicat also appreciated mangoes and litchis that are produced in
Bangladesh.
Highlighting her government’s tremendous successes in different sectors,
the prime minister said her main motto is to develop the country and ensure
welfare of the people.
Sheikh Hasina recalled that she visited every area of the country after her
return from exile in 1981. “I visited every nook and corner of the country
and saw the condition of the people of the country,” she said.
From those experiences, Sheikh Hasina said, she planned how she will
develop the country. “From that state, Bangladesh reached the present
position,” she commented.
Mentioning her government’s steps for the development of the agriculture
sector, the prime minister said previously vegetables were not available
beyond the season.
“But we’re now getting vegetables round-the-year,” she said, adding, “It’s
the contributions of our research and agri scientists.”
PM’s Principal Secretary Md Nojibur Rahman was present on the occasion.
BSS/SH/GMR/1314 hrs