Bad things happen when life is good

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday called upon all to stay alertsaying thatbad things happen when people lead a good life and the country moves towards prosperity.

"I would like to alert you…one thing you might have noticed that the possibility of being attacked emerges when the life goes well in Bangladesh, when the people start dreaming of a good life and when the lifestyle improves. So, all will have to stay alert," she said.

The PM mentioned this while unveiling the cover of the document on 8th Five Year Plan (July 2020- June 2025) during an Ecnec meeting at the NEC Conference Room of the Planning Commission. She joined the meeting virtually from the Gono Bhaban.

Remembering the assassination of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family members on August 15, 1975, Hasina said he was killed at a time when the country started standing up from the devastation of the war with bumper food production and Bangladesh's economic status was improving steadily with the fruits of independence reaching the people's doorsteps.

Talking about the Covid-19 pandemic, she said the government has been working tirelessly with its limited resources to change the fate of the people and offset the impacts of the pandemic.

"We have been able to get the coronavirus under control with our all-out efforts. We have given directives [to tackle it], announced stimulus packages and started vaccination even though many developed countries are yet to roll it out."

Hasina said the government contacted all the countries, when they started research on vaccine development, to collect doses for Bangladesh.  

"We made advance payments to book vaccine doses so that we can get those once the WHO approves it. We've been able to do that and set an example."

Stating that the people of the country are very much conscious in this regard, the premier hoped the impact of novel coronavirus will not be there in the country anymore.

8TH FIVE YEAR PLAN

About the 8th Five Year Plan, Hasina said the government approved it earlier and started implementing it.

The PM said the plan was formulated keeping in mind the Vision 2041. She hoped the government, whichever takes office in future, would continue it through the formulation of the next Five Year Plan in future.

"We want Bangladesh to be built with the spirit of Liberation War, where the dream of the Father of the Nation will be implemented, and that's our desire," she added.