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Bangladesh to witness further development if AL reelected: PM
DHAKA, Nov 1, 2018 (BSS) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today inaugurated and laid the foundation stones of 321 uplift projects across the country, saying Bangladesh will witness further development if Awami League (AL) is reelected.
“Bangladesh will witness further development if AL comes to power again. More development will take place in the country Insha-Allah,” she said, opening 297 projects and laying the foundation stones of 24 other schemes in 56 districts under 20 ministries and divisions through a videoconference from her official Ganabhaban residence here this morning.
The premier reiterated her determination to build a developed Bangladesh by freeing the society from terrorism, militancy and drugs.
Asking the authorities concerned to step up their drives against drugs, she said the operations against the menace are continuing and will be going on.
“We will present a healthy and beautiful life to the people of Bangladesh and we will build a developed country by freeing the society from terrorism, militancy and drugs Insha-Allah,” she said.
The prime minister today also announced a bandit and pirate-free Sundarbans with the surrendering of 54 bandits and pirates in the area.
“The Sundarbans was once gripped by the bandits. But with the surrendering of the robbers and pirates, I can declare the world’s largest mangrove forest free of those,” she said.
Sheikh Hasina also announced to provide Taka one lakh to each of the bandits who surrendered today by handing over their arms to the home minister in Bagerhat.
She asked the home minister to take measures for withdrawal of the cases against them, except those for killing.
The prime minister, who was connected with the arms surrendering function of the bandits through the videoconference, said the government will do whatever necessary for the rehabilitation of the bandits.
“We want them to come to the normal life and live peacefully with their families,” she said.
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