প্রকাশ: 05/12/2022
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said a vested quarter
continues misleading people by spreading various rumours, but there is nothing
for the people to be misguided.
“Today some words are being propagated in many ways and it
will continue for many days. Many people can be misled. I would like to say
there is nothing to be misguided,” she said.
The premier was addressing the graduation ceremony of
National Defence Course-2022 and Armed Forces War Course-2022 at Sheikh Hasina
Complex of Defence Services Command and Staff College (DSCSC) in Mirpur
Cantonment.
Hasina said it is unfortunate for Bangladesh that when the
country advances to economic progress amid a peaceful environment, all people
don’t like it.
Talking about the world economic crisis induced by the war
and economic sanctions, she said her government has still been able to keep
Bangladesh stable.
“A quarter continues misleading the people through saying
many things and injecting fear among the people,” she said.
The PM said her government has been able to raise the
reserve of foreign currencies to $ 48 billion during the Covid-19 period from
only $ 5 billion in 2009. Then the money from the reserve was spent to procure
Covid-19 vaccines and testing kits, food and others, she added.
She said her government’s goal is always to develop
Bangladesh socio-economically. “We’ll continue to make socio-economic
development of Bangladesh keeping its people free from terrorism, militancy,
terrorism, drug and corruption. We don’t want war with anyone,” she added.
Hasina said Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur
Rahman framed a foreign policy where he said friendship with all, malice
towards none.
“We’ve friendly relations with every country. We’re marching
forward. Because, we don’t want war, rather we want peace. We witnessed the
consequences of the war. If there is any problem, we solve it through
negotiation,” she continued.
In this context, she mentioned solutions to maritime
disputes with neighbours in a peaceful way and implementation of land boundary
agreement through discussions.
The PM stressed the need for attaining economic
independence. “Unless we can attain economic self-reliance, we won’t be able to
uphold our independence and its spirit. So, we’ve been working to accomplish
the goal," she said.
She said today Bangladesh has got the status of a developing
country thanks to the continuation of an uninterrupted democratic trend and her
government’s special attention paid to socio-economic development.
She put emphasis on upholding the recognition of a
developing nation.
The PM said the Armed Forces stand always beside the people
in any disaster and trouble. They earned public trust and confidence inside the
country. The armed forces and police are getting acclamation from the United
Nations for playing their roles efficiently in the peacekeeping missions in
foreign lands, she added.
The PM extended her sincere thanks to the armed forces for
upholding the image of the country.
She also congratulated the fresh NDC and AFWC graduates on
their successful completion of their respective courses.
- UNB
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