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Bangladesh has already graduated to a middle-income country from the least developing one, said Hasan, adding that the country has gained remarkable progress in many socioeconomic indexes, including human development index, and achieved GDP growth higher than other countries in the last 11 years.
He said the government has achieved a huge success in education sector. “Bangabandhu’s daughter Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been boosting this sector with various programmes, including distribution of free books since 2010.
Besides, the government is distributing stipends among the mothers of 1.40 crore students through mobile numbers, a unique endeavour in the world, he added.
He said about 40 percent people were under the coverage of power before the AL government assumed office in 2009. Now, about 95 percent people of the country are under the coverage of power, said Hasan, also Awami League joint general secretary.
The minister hoped that cent percent people of Bangladesh will be brought under electricity coverage within the Mujib Year.
Hasan said Bangladesh is now a role model before the world for empowering women. “The countrymen didn’t think, only 10 years ago, that a woman will discharge her duties as a police super. It has been possible only for the outstanding leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina,” he added.
The minister said today the Digital Bangladesh is not a dream, but a reality.
He urged the journalists of BSS to project the development of the government before the countrymen so that they could know about the success.
Professor Arefin said there is no alternative to authenticity. “Every journalist should have written authentic report and this is the main responsibility of a reporter,” he added.
Kamrun Nahar said journalists are the watchdog and they create a bridge between the government and the people. The reporters have focused different development works of the government through their reporting, she added.
The info secretary hoped that the training would help the participants in building themselves as a good reporter.
The BSS chief editor asked the participants to use their learning from the workshop while discharging their professional duties, particularly coinciding with the coming Mujib Year.
“The countdown for the Mujib Year is underway . . . we now have a huge task to deliver,” Azad said.
A total of 24 reporters of BSS from three divisions joined the training.
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