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On researchers’ remarks
Taking a swipe at some research organizations for their comments about budget, the prime minister said there are some people who do not feel happy about anything. “Whatever good work you did, they do not see anything good in it,” she said.
Sheikh Hasina said when democracy prevails in the country and the people and the country witness economic development, some people do not see anything good and “they search for ‘kintu’ (but) in everything.”
The premier said, “I don’t know what research they are carrying out and what they bring for the country, but they have to say something… it’s a symptom of sickness.”
In this connection, Sheikh Hasina further said: “What matters to me is whether the general people are happy or not for the development, whether we can do anything good for them.”
The prime minister said the present government placed budget for 11 consecutive times. “The country witnessed tremendous development during the period and the people are getting its benefit,” she said.
The prime minister said the aim of the government is to free the country from poverty and to make Bangladesh a developed and prosperous country.
“We are working untiringly and have already achieved success in this regard,” she said.
Sheikh Hasina said: “In the past when Bangladeshis went to any country of the world, the people of that country would have thought of Bangladeshis as a nation of beggars.”
“But they (foreigners) don’t have such a perception about us anymore and it’s our great achievement,” she said.
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