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Govt devises initiatives to face climate change: Dr Hasan
DHAKA, Nov 28, 2019 (BSS) – As Bangladesh is one the most vulnerable nations to climate change, the Awami League government has been implementing different initiatives to face the challenges of climate change.
This was stated by Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud at the closing ceremony of an international conference on “Environmental Solutions for Sustainable Development: Towards Developed Bangladesh” in the city.
“Bangladesh is one the worst victims of climate change. The Awami League government is implementing different initiatives to face the adverse impacts of climate change,” he told the function at CIRDAP auditorium here.
Awami League Sub-Committee on Forest and Environment arranged the conference.
Dr Hasan, also AL Publicity and Publication Secretary, said Awami League President Sheikh Hasina had taken a tree plantation programme in 1983 with a view to conserving the environment.
Since then, AL is observing the programme every year, he added.
The information minister mentioned that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was awarded the UN’s highest environmental accolade – Champions of the Earth – in recognition to Bangladesh’s far-reaching initiatives to address climate change.
Highlighting different development activities and achievements of the government, Dr Hasan said the country is now self-reliant in food production and it attained an outstanding success in readymade garments (RMG) sector.
He said the development activities and achievements of the country are being lauded at home and abroad.
Dr Hasan underscored the need for building a developed nation to turn the country into a developed one.
Chairman of Awami League Sub-Committee on Forest and Environment Professor Bazlul Haque Khandker, the function was addressed by AL International Affairs Secretary Dr Shammi Ahmed and Dhaka University Chemistry Department Professor Dr Md Aftab Ali Sheikh, among others.
The sub-committee’s member secretary Delwar Hossain moderated the function.
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