BEA-member MPs promise to work on farm uplift policy

The government should uphold national pride, ethics and equal rights of each citizen while formulating new policies, said Bangladesh Economic Association (BEA) president yesterday.
“We hope that the new government, who pledged to bring change, would consider three things prior to formulating new policy; uphold national pride, ethics and equal rights of every citizen of the country,” Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad told a reception, accorded to five newly elected members of parliaments in the capital.
The MPs are also members of the BEA.
“We also hope this government would work hard for the betterment of the people and formulate policy for the development of agriculture that would help reduce the prices of essentials,” he added.
The MPs promised to work together to face any fallout from the global financial crisis and not to go for any agreement against the national interest.
The MPs Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir, Mostafa Faruk Mohammad, Rashed Khan Menon, Fazle Hossain Badsha and Professor Ali Ashraf.
In his speech, Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir pledged to work on prioritising agriculture in the national economy and increase subsidies on seeds and fertilisers to boost the sector.
Professor Abul Barkat, the BEA general secretary, and Professor Ashraf Uddin Chowdhury, senior vice president, were also present at the reception.