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Terming the newly recruited BCS officers ‘Soldiers of Vision 2041’, the
prime minister hoped that they would join the civil service as a government
employee with the mindset to serve the people.
Sheikh Hasina urged the officials to be curious to know about the
necessities of local people where they are posted and meet up those aiming to
improve their living condition.
“Bangladesh is coming out from poverty trap, and we’ve to make it
sustainable to build a prosperous nation as dreamt by the Father of the
Nation,” she said.
Sheikh Hasina said Bangladesh has earned independence at the cost of
blood of millions of people to be a prosperous nation. But, she said, the
evil forces killed Bangabandhu in 1975 and repeatedly hatched conspiracy to
foil the independence.
The prime minister said Bangladesh is now on the ‘road of success’ after
passing a long-troublesome journey. This success should continue, she said,
calling upon all to come forward to ensure the pace of development.
“If I have done anything good for anybody, I will claim your support to
continue the country’s current pace of development,” she said.
Pointing out her government’s steps for reducing poverty rate by at least
five percent by 2021, Sheikh Hasina said every nation should have a goal and
direction.
“Without any specific aim and the course of action for realising the goal,
a nation can never become prosperous,” she said, adding a grassroots
politician always think of people.
The prime minister said Bangladesh is now self-reliant in food
production, and ranked third in producing food and fisheries and fifth in
producing fruits and vegetables.
“We’ve proved that determination is the power to achieve anything to take
forward the country. But, no government except the Awami League could show
this spirit as they usurp to power to make their own fortune,” she said.
Sheikh Hasina said now the world community regards Bangladesh as a role
model of development in many indexes and Bangladesh would live in the world
community with this dignity and honors.
She said Bangladesh now has the capacity to implement 90 percent of its
annual budget with its own resources.
“A quarter had tried to tarnish the country’s image on false allegation
of scam in the Padma Bridge project. But, the government’s decision to build
the Padma Bridge with our own sources has played catalytic role in
brightening the country’s image abroad,” she said.
Congratulating the trainees, the prime minister said every government
employee should go through vigorous training to build his or her capacity.
In this regard, she urged the officials to change their negative mindset
about the posting of an efficient official to a training academy.
“Training academy should not be considered as a dumping place. Training of
the officials going to function for state machinery is highly important,”
Sheikh Hasina said, adding that most brilliant officials having creativity
and innovativeness should be placed in the training academy.
She said her government has given special attention to further
development of the training academies, create congenial atmosphere and more
scopes for training. In future, she said, more attention would be given to
the matter.
The prime minister said overcoming various complexities, her government
during its tenure from 2009 to 2018 has given promotion to 180 officials for
secretary posts, 1,150 for additional secretary posts, 2,025 for joint
secretary posts and 2,686 for deputy secretary posts.
No government in the past could give the large scale promotion, she said.
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