Sharply criticising BNP leaders for their frequent remarks on the coronavirus situation, Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud said that they (BNP leaders) have become habituated to criticizing the government banking on television and without leaving home.
The minister said this on Friday while speaking as chief guest at the handing-over ceremony of 100 high flow Nasal canola to different hospitals in Chattogram and Dhaka, and the inauguration of central oxygen line at Chattogram General Hospital (CGH) and a corona hospital, sponsored by S Alam Group, held at the local circuit house.
Hasan said even at this age Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina never sat down for a single day but continued her greater responsibility for the welfare of the people.
“Every day she is meeting with government officials, giving necessary instructions. Not everything is shown on television. There are many more things that many of us do not know. We have succeeded in tackling the coronavirus situation through the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina,” the information minister added.
Chattogram Divisional Commissioner A B M Azad presided over the function while city Mayor AJM Nasir Uddin and special assistant to the Prime Minister Barrister Biplop Barua addressed the function as special guests.
The information minister said that many developed countries in the world have become helpless against the coronavirus.
“Their sound economy and military power are not doing anything for them. Virus is not a new thing, it is old. If we look at the contemporary history of the world, many such viruses have come and billions of people have lost their lives. In the past, more than five percent out of the world’s 100 crore population had died from the virus. From the very beginning, Bangabandhu’s daughter Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has taken proper steps to protect the people of Bangladesh from coronavirus,” Hasan said.
