BSS, Dhaka :
Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith, MP, said that Bangladesh would be the first country to be poverty-free in South Asia.
The minister said this on Wednesday while speaking as chief guest at the concluding ceremony of Bangladesh Television at its Rampura campus.
Muhith said that by 2018 Bangladesh would become poverty free. He recalled the days when our country was synonymous with poverty. “Those days are over,” he said.
Special guest on the occasion, Information Minister Hasanul Haque Inu, MP, said that BTV had to struggle a lot to attain its current position. “Nevertheless,” he said “it was alive and kicking on its Golden Jubilee Year, which also marks 50 years of Bengali television.”
Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith, MP, said that Bangladesh would be the first country to be poverty-free in South Asia.
The minister said this on Wednesday while speaking as chief guest at the concluding ceremony of Bangladesh Television at its Rampura campus.
Muhith said that by 2018 Bangladesh would become poverty free. He recalled the days when our country was synonymous with poverty. “Those days are over,” he said.
Special guest on the occasion, Information Minister Hasanul Haque Inu, MP, said that BTV had to struggle a lot to attain its current position. “Nevertheless,” he said “it was alive and kicking on its Golden Jubilee Year, which also marks 50 years of Bengali television.”
