No monga in Rangpur region after AL came to power: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the government wants to build a developed, prosperous nation imbued with modern and technological knowledge.
She said while inaugurating the newly-constructed Rangpur Divisional Headquarters building.
The programme was held at the multipurpose hall of the building while the Prime Minister joined it virtually from her official residence Gono Bhaban.
She mentioned that due to the pragmatic and time-befitting steps of the government, the country has advanced over the last 12 years.
"We have to go further, we want to build a hunger- and poverty-free Bangladesh which was the dream of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman… Our aim is that the country will no longer see 'monga' and famine, and people will never face sufferings," she said.
"Rural people will live in their villages and get all the facilities of the urban areas, people will no longer need to rush to the capital as employment opportunities will be created in the villages," she said.
She asked all concerned to implement the development programmes properly.
Sheikh Hasina said that the government is setting up 100 economic zones across the country to expedite industrialisation for meeting local demands and boost exports.
She also asked the owners of industries to set up agricultural product processing plants, considering crops growing in their respective areas.
She also said that the government has set up testing laboratory that is needed for exporting food items and gradually all divisional headquarters will get such laboratories so that products could be sent from there directly.
"Our aim is to make Bangladesh developed and prosperous by 2041," she said.
Talking about the impressive development of Rangpur division in the last 12 years, the Prime Minister said that the government has taken numerous development programmes for this division.
"By the grace of Allah, no 'monga' or famine was seen in this region after AL came to power," she said.
She also mentioned that Rangpur region is now a food surplus area and employment opportunities have been created for its people.
Public Administration Senior Secretary KM Ali Azam and Rangpur Divisional Commissioner M Abdul Wahab Bhuiyan also spoke at the programme.
A video on the development of Rangpur division was screened at the programme.
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