US support for Bangladesh's development will continue: Bernicat to PM

The United States will continue its support to Bangladesh for its overall development, its outgoing Ambassador Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat said yesterday.

Bernicat made the assurance when she made a farewell call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence Gono Bhaban.

PM's Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim briefed reporters after the meeting.

He mentioned that both the Prime Minister and the US Ambassador expressed satisfaction over the existing bilateral relations between the two countries.

Bernicat highly praised the Prime Minister's hard work for the development of Bangladesh, and said education is very important for all.

The US envoy described Bangladesh's young people as “extraordinary” and expressed her firm belief that they will carry forward the country's development.

The Prime Minister told the US envoy that her main aim is to develop the country and ensure the welfare of its people.

Sheikh Hasina recalled that she visited every corner of the country after her return from exile in 1981, and based on that experience, she planned how the country would be developed.

Mentioning her government's steps for the development of agriculture, the Prime Minister said previously vegetables were not available beyond the [winter] season. “But now we're getting vegetables round the year,” she said.

Hasina said this has been possible due to the contributions of researchers and agricultural scientists.

PM's Principal Secretary Md Nojibur Rahman was present on the occasion.