Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has sought cooperation from all to continue the country's socioeconomic development and maintain law and order.
“Ramadan is a month of accepting doa (prayers). We want you to pray so that we can continue the trend of socioeconomic development the way Bangladesh is advancing and maintain law and order in the country,” she said on Thursday (May 23)
The prime minister hosted an iftar for top court judges, diplomats and high civil and military officials at her official residence Ganabhaban, state news agency BSS reports.
Hasina said her government is making strides so that peace and discipline prevail in the life of the people.
“We want our society to remain freed from terrorism, militancy, corruption and drugs,” she said.
Pointing out Bangladesh’s foreign policy “friendship to all, malice to none”, Hasina said: “We always maintain the policy and we’ve friendly relations with all.”
The prime minister said Bangladesh is marching towards the socioeconomic development fast due to various pragmatic steps of her government. “We’re going to place a huge amount of budget next month and we want the trend of development to continue,” she said.
Extending her Eid greetings to all in advance, the prime minister regretted that she will not stay in the country during the festival as she has some overseas tours at that time.
“I’m very sorry that I cannot stay in the Eid as I have a number of visits abroad … I’m going to Japan first, then I will to Saudi Arabia for the OIC Summit before flying to Finland,” she said, mentioning that she will return home on Jun 7.
The premier added: “As I cannot stay in the Eid, I extend my heartiest Eid greetings to the countrymen and expatriate Bangladeshis in advance from this iftar mahfil.”