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PM promises not to allow “termites” to eat up development benefits
DHAKA, Oct 2, 2019 (BSS) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today pledged not
to allow “termites” to eat up development benefits by plundering money from
the development projects as she opened the commercial transmission of private
television channels using Bangabandhu Satellite-1 at a city hotel.
“The termites are (largely) eating up the money while we are implementing
the development projects —We have to capture the white ants to use every
penny of people’s hard earned money for country’s development,” she said.
She said “we will continue the ongoing drives against militancy, terrorism,
drugs and corruption irrespective of party and family as I want to bring
smile on distressed people’s face as dreamt by Father of the Nation
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.”
The prime minister urged the media personalities to remain alert against
broadcasting any sort of propaganda that lead to create anarchy and mistrust
among the people as well as in the country in the name of opposing the
government.
“I would like to make another appeal to you (media personalities) to
broadcast the information of the development activities taken by the
government so that confidence can be made among people as they can dream of
better life,” she said.
Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud spoke on the occasion as the special
guest with Posts and Telecommunications Minister Mustafa Jabbar in the chair.
Secretary of Posts and Telecommunications Division Ashoke Kumar Biswas and
Chairman of the Association of Television Channel Owners (ATCO), a platform
of private television channel owners, Anjan Chowdhury also spoke on the
occasion.
BCSCL Chairman Dr. Shahjahan Mahmood handed over the agreement, inked with
the private television channels for their commercial transmission using the
feed of Bangabandhu Sattelite-1, to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Later the
premier handed it over to the ATCO chairman.
An audio-video presentation on the multifaceted use of the Bangabandhu
Sattelite-1 in various sectors for the country’s overall development was
made.
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