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Sheikh Hasina, also Leader of the House said, “Bangladesh is going
ahead and it’s my commitment to build a happy, prosperous and
developed ‘Sonar Bangladesh’ free from hunger and poverty dreamt by
Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.”
The government has achieved the quality of upgrading Bangladesh into
a middle income country by successfully implementing the ‘Vision 2021
and it is heading forward to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs) by 2030 and build a developed country by 2041, she said.
The premier said that the proposed budget of Taka 5,23,190 crore is the
11th straight budget of the Awami League government and the first one
of this government.
“We are now being praised in home and abroad for unprecedented
development (of the country) in the last 10 years during the tenure of our
government,” she said.
The GDP growth is going to reach 8.13 percent in the current FY 2018-
19 while the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has forecasted of 8
percent GDP growth and according to ADB, it’s the highest in the Asia,
she said.
Sheikh Hasina said, “The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has
mentioned that Bangladesh is one of the 20th countries which are going
to contribute the highest in the GDP”
Bangladesh is set a target to achieve 8.20 percent growth in the GDP in
the FY 2019-20 and double digit in the FY 2023-2024, the premier
continued.
The Prime Minister today also moved the Finance Bill, 2019 in the House
on behalf of the finance minister as he is still sick.
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