The tremendous success achieved by the present government in development has turned Bangladesh into a role model for upgrading the life standard of the common people. This view was expressed at a discussion organised by Rangpur District Information Office at Begum Rokeya Smriti Degree College at Pairaband village under Mithapukur upazila yesterday with assistance of the upazila administration. The discussion was arranged for informing the common people about the ten special development initiatives of the prime minister, successes achieved by the government and its future development plans to further speed up national development.
Mithapukur Upazila Nirbahi Officer Harun Ar Rashid addressed the discussion on the government successes and preventing terrorism and militancy as the chief guest with Senior District Information Officer Md Humayun Kabir in the chair.
Mithapukur Upazila Agriculture Officer Khorshed Alam, Pairaband Union Parishad Chairman Foyzar Rahman Khan, Vice-principal Abu Al Baker, Upazila Secondary Education Officer Zahidul Islam, Upazila Women Affairs Officer Mollika Pervin addressed as special guests. At the beginning, Humayun Kabir discussed the successes achieved by the government during the past eight years in the implementation of the Vision 2021, Charter of Changes and digitisation to accelerate pace of development. He narrated the Prime Minister’s ten special initiatives of ‘Ektee Bari, Ektee Khamar’ project, Asrayan Prokalpo, digital Bangladesh, education assistance, women empowerment, electricity for all, social safety, community clinic and mental health, investment development and environment protection programmes.
He discussed the successes achieved in the education, health, agriculture, poverty alleviation, social safety-net, power generation, road communication, women and children development, women empowerment and digitisation and ICT sectors.
He mentioned epoch-making successes like self-reliance in food, strengthening local government, self-employments, producing skilled human recourses, prevention of militancy, terrorism, drug abuse, dowry, child marriage and superstitions.
Later, heads of upazila level different government offices discussed the successes achieved by their respective departments in accelerating development while the civil society members narrated stories of changing life standard of the common people.
The chief guest narrated future development plans of the government and success already achieved in reaching government services easily at the peoples’ doorsteps in building a middle income nation by 2021 and developed country by 2041 next.
