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PM stresses maintaining peace to accelerate country’s development
DHAKA, March 28, 2019 (BSS)-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked the
law enforcers particularly the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) to ensure peace
by maintaining law and order to further accelerate the country’s development.
“The country’s economic development will speed up if we can maintain a
peaceful situation,” she said while addressing the 15th founding anniversary
of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) at its headquarters at Kurmitola in the
capital this morning.
Describing peace and stability as key to success in accelerating the
country’s development, she said such a situation will boost foreign
investment to further augment the pace of advancement.
The premier asked the law enforcers to perform their duties with
professionalism, sincerity, dedication and honesty being imbued with
patriotism.
She instructed them to maintain law and order strictly so that the people
of the country can move and sleep safely.
She, however, asked the law enforcers to be compassionate and capture real
criminals instead of innocent people and said, “The people who commit crime
must be arrested whatever powerful they might be.”
But, keep in mind that no innocent person should be harassed, she added.
The premier directed the law enforcers to continue the drives against
militancy and drug abuse to capture the culprits alongside taking various
programmes to create social awareness as none can be involved in the menaces
in the days to come.
She extended heartfelt greetings to the law enforcers particularly the RAB
for containing militancy which had been able to earn global praise and
requested all to build a social movement against abuse of drugs likewise
against the militancy.
In this context, she said regional committees alongside with central one
involving all particularly scholars of various religious organizations such
as mosques and madrasas to raise a social awareness against the adverse
impact of militancy which had brought a good result.
The premier stressed creating such awareness against abuse of drug as no
young people can involve in taking drug alongside continuing the drives
against all the people involved in drug peddling.
She highlighted her government initiatives for development and modernizing
the RAB.
A video of RAB’s success in the last year in containing militancy, drug
abuse, and other criminal activities was also screened on the occasion.
At the event, she laid the foundation stones of three battalions of RAB
(10, 13 and 14) after removing curtails.
RAB Director General (DG) Benazir Ahmed gave the welcome address while
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan spoke on the occasion while Additional DG
(operation) Col Mohammad Jahangir Alam sought the premier’s permission to
conclude the Darbar marking RAB’s 15th founding anniversary.
Ministers, PM’s advisers, parliament members and high civil and military
officials were present at the function.
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