Bangladesh may stand on its own feet by next spring

October 7, 1972

SPECIAL CELL TO DEAL WITH YARN PROBLEMS

Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today presides over a high-level conference relating to the distribution of cotton yarns in the country. The problems relating to the distribution of cotton to the actual weavers are discussed at the meeting. Bangabandhu directs to immediately set up a special cell with the chairman of Cotton Corporation, chairman of Bangladesh Small Industries Corporation and registrar of Cooperative Societies to deal with the distribution of cotton yarn. The prime minister desires that operational bottlenecks must be removed as quickly as possible so that the real weavers get regular supply of cotton yarn.

US COMMISSION REPORT ON BANGLADESH

Members of a Presidential Commission for aid to South East Asia look forward to the day when Bangladesh would be able to stand on its own feet. They forecast that this would be as early as next spring. In a letter to US President Richard Nixon yesterday four members of the commission wrote that unless another natural disaster strikes, Bangladesh should by the spring of 1973 be emerging from the relief stage and launch upon a period of reconstruction and development. The four members stayed in Bangladesh from September 1 to 8 in order to assess the effectiveness of the American aid to the country. They believe that the US share of the 800 million dollars which the world campaign provided to aid Bangladesh had been completely successful.

MAHILA SAMITY MEMBERS CALL ON BANGABANDHU

Bangabandhu today receives a delegation of Bangladesh Mahila Samity led by its president Dr Nilima Ibrahim. Dr Ibrahim discusses with the prime minister the problems of the working women of the city and impresses on him the construction of hostels in the city for their accommodation.

SOURCES: October 8, 1972 issues of Bangladesh Observer, Dainik Bangla and Dainik Ittefaq.