DHAKA, May 15, 2020 (BSS) – Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader
today said a vested quarter is conducting propaganda against the government
by spreading imaginary and fabricated information through social media and
other means.
“A vested quarter is involved in conducting propaganda against the
government in national and international arenas to mislead people…they are
spreading rumours on social media,” he said.
Quader, also road transport and bridges minister, was speaking at a
coronavirus safety gears distribution programme at AL president’s Dhanmondi
political office here through videoconferencing from his official residence.
He said a section is deliberately lying about the COVID-19 death tolls as
they are saying that all those, who died recently in the country, were
infected with coronavirus.
The AL general secretary said as a crisis manager, the honesty and skills
that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has shown in tacking the COVID-19 crisis
are unprecedented in the country’s history after 1975.
He said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has already announced stimulus
packages involving Taka one lakh crore to cope with coronavirus crisis, while
about one crore people were brought under rationing system.
“She (the premier) introduced cash assistance programme for 50 lakh
families. And these initiatives would play a positive role in rural economy
ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr,” he added.
Later, AL relief and social welfare sub-committee distributed coronavirus
preventive materials among the public and private agencies.
AL advisory council member AKM Rahmatullah, presidium member Matia
Chowdhury, relief and social welfare secretary Sujit Roy Nandi, health
affairs secretary Dr Rokeya Sultana and deputy office secretary Sayeem Khan
were, among others, present.