A vested quarter is trying to subvert Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina after failing to defeat her politically, says Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud.
“Conspirators killed Bangabandhu as they failed to defeat him politically . . . now the plotters are trying to do the smae against his daughter Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina,” he said on Tuesday (Oct 15), reports BSS.
Hasan said that the prime minister is an icon against all sorts of irregularity and pioneer of development and progress.
He added that the country will become a developed nation by 2041 under Hasina’s leadership.
She has made an outstanding advancement that is taking roots in every sector, bringing glory to the nation, he said.
The minister said after the Liberation War, the life expectancy of the country was only 39 years but now it stands at 73 years, compared to 63 years in Pakistan and 69 years in India.
He said in 2009, when Hasina assumed office for the second time, around 40 percent people lived below poverty line but now only the number is only 20 percent.
Hasan who serves as the ruling party publicity and publication secretary said that Bangladesh is now far ahead of Pakistan in all indices, including in human, economic and social.
He added that Bangladesh is moving fast keeping pace with the developed world to become a developed nation.
“The world will be astonished in the coming days seeing the progress of Bangladesh and for this we need a new patriotic and meritorious generation,” he said.
The economy of the country has been strengthened in the past 10 and a half-year of the government, he said, adding that the size of the economy has increased three folds.
“The country is moving ahead though Bangladesh is one of the most densely populated countries in the world with lowest agricultural land. The world leaders, Noble winners and the World Bank economists are praising the unpredictable development,” the minister said.
“Bangladesh is now the number one country in the world for achieving high GDP growth rate,” Hasan said, adding, “Now, we have a dream to become a middle-income country by 2021 and a developed nation by 2041. We also need to make a humanitarian nation along with infrastructure development.”