প্রকাশ: 02/02/2024
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said today
that the main endeavor of her government in this tenure will be to cut down the
extreme poverty rate to zero level as the Awami League government took office
for the fourth consecutive terms.
"My government's main endeavor in
this tenure will be to cut down the extreme poverty level to zero level,"
she told non-resident ambassadors and high commissioners of 12 countries as
they paid courtesy call on her at the latter's official Ganabhaban residence.
Prime Minister Deputy Press Secretary
MM Emrul Kayas briefed newsmen after the meeting.
He said the premier told the envoys
that her government's priority was ensuring development at the grassroots
across the country.
"If they (grassroots' people) are
included in development, the whole country will be developed, and the people
will get its benefit," said Kayas quoting the premier as saying.
The poverty rate in Bangladesh has
declined to 18.7 percent and the extreme poverty rate stood at 5.6 percent,
according to the latest data of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS). The
poverty rate was more than 42 percent earlier.
About women empowerment, Sheikh Hasina said that women are directly participating in the parliament election and other local government body's elections alongside in the reserved seats.
About the healthcare facilities, she
said women and children are receiving treatment from the community clinics,
which is entirely the brainchild of her government, and maternal and child
mortality rates have declined significantly for this endeavor.
The premier also mentioned her
government's social safety net scheme for the destitute women, especially husband-deserted
and widow women.
Sheikh Hasina called upon the envoys to
come up with investment as there are 100 special economic zones in Bangladesh.
She told them that the government is
also working to ensure a business-friendly atmosphere and communication here
for the foreign investors.
At the outset of the call on, the
non-resident ambassadors and high commissioners of Botswana, Cambodia, Gambia,
Hungary, Jamaica, Macedonia, Mongolia, Luxemburg, Slovak Republic, Slovenia,
Peru and Venezuela congratulated Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on her reelection
for the fourth consecutive terms and in total five times.
The envoys said that they were overwhelmed and inspired after seeing the development and progress of Bangladesh and it has been possible due the far-sighted leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Ambassador-at-large Mohammad Ziauddin, Principal Secretary M Tofazzel Hossain Miah and Senior Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen were present.
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