President Md Abdul Hamid on Tuesday urged all quarters, including the private and welfare organizations, to work along with the government to turn Bangladesh into a middle income country as enshrined in the ‘Vision-2021’.
“The country will celebrate golden jubilee of its independence in 2021 and the Prime Minister has launched Vision-2021 to attain a middle income country status by this time . . . united efforts are needed in achieving this vision,” said the President while speaking at a function of Rotary International District 3281 here.
“I believe that if we play our due role in building the country from our respective positions, we will be able to establish ourselves as a prosperous nation in the world,” Abdul Hamid added.
Rotary International District Governor Safina Rahman, Rotarian Rafique Ahmed Siddique and Ibrahim Khalil Al Zayed Pinak also spoke on the occasion. At the programme, Rotary International honoured five male and three female Rotarians in recognition of their contribution to serving distressed humanity. Speaking at the programme as the chief guest, the President highly appreciated the activities of the rotary and said rotary movement that started in 1937 has now been expanded throughout the country.
Over 8,000 members of 225 rotary clubs have been carrying out different humanitarian activities in the country, including construction of cyclone shelters at coastal belts, cancer detection unit in Dhaka, fisheries development centre in Comilla and poultry development project in Mymensingh, he added. Besides, the President said rotary clubs have also involved in various social activities, including organizing eye camps, planting saplings, supplying arsenic free drinking water, providing healthcare services and agriculture development activities in rural area.
Extending his cordial thanks to all members of Rotary International for their social welfare activities, the President hoped that the Rotarians would expand their development activities further for the welfare of the people, especially the backward communities in the days to come.
