UNB, Dhaka :
Mentioning that Bangladesh believes in maintaining good relations with neighbouring countries, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said there may exist disputes among neighbours but those need to be resolved through discussions.
“Problems may be there among neighbours but those should be solved through talks…friendship and cooperation should continue,” she said.
The Prime Minister said this when Pakistani High Commissioner in Dhaka Rafiuzzaman Siddiqui when he paid a courtesy call on her at her office here in the morning.
After the meeting, PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim briefed reporters.
The Prime Minister said Bangladesh has solved land boundary and maritime disputes with India peacefully. “Indian parliament unanimously ratified the Land Boundary Bill unanimously,” she said, adding the peaceful solution to the dispute has set an example in the world.
Sheikh Hasina also mentioned resolving maritime dispute with Myanmar the same way. “We’ve also solved insurgency problem in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) and brought back 62,000 refugees from India by signing the peace treaty.”
Terming poverty the main enemy of this region, she put emphasis on working together by all countries of the region to root out poverty.
Nowadays flood start before coming the rainy season. There is no cold in the winter, no hot weather in summer. Nothing is in its normal nature. In these changing situations we need to fight together,” he said while inaugurating a National Convention on Disaster Management at Bangabandhu International Convention Centre in the city.
The minister said such a convention is being held for the first time to find out ways to combat the changing shape of natural disasters.
“About 2000 people are joining the two-day convention. We need to go ahead with advices of all experts joining this programme,” Maya said.
He said the experts will uphold their opinions about curbing risks of disasters like flood, earthquake, landslide, lightening and cyclones.
The minister also urged the experts to give realistic and well thought out advices in this regard.
“We will reshuffle all disaster management plans on the light of the experts’ advices,” he said.
The minister said that the government has managed four big disasters in this year. He stated about the relief allocations that his ministry has given to the effected areas.
Maya said that his ministry has sent relief materials to concern areas within three hours after getting the demand lists.
Zamilur Reza Chowdhury, Vice-Chancellor of Asia-Pacific University, read out the main script on the issue.
He said that the massive plan of 1992 in this regard should be reshuffled in the light of global climate change.
Mentioning that Bangladesh believes in maintaining good relations with neighbouring countries, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said there may exist disputes among neighbours but those need to be resolved through discussions.
“Problems may be there among neighbours but those should be solved through talks…friendship and cooperation should continue,” she said.
The Prime Minister said this when Pakistani High Commissioner in Dhaka Rafiuzzaman Siddiqui when he paid a courtesy call on her at her office here in the morning.
After the meeting, PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim briefed reporters.
The Prime Minister said Bangladesh has solved land boundary and maritime disputes with India peacefully. “Indian parliament unanimously ratified the Land Boundary Bill unanimously,” she said, adding the peaceful solution to the dispute has set an example in the world.
Sheikh Hasina also mentioned resolving maritime dispute with Myanmar the same way. “We’ve also solved insurgency problem in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) and brought back 62,000 refugees from India by signing the peace treaty.”
Terming poverty the main enemy of this region, she put emphasis on working together by all countries of the region to root out poverty.
Nowadays flood start before coming the rainy season. There is no cold in the winter, no hot weather in summer. Nothing is in its normal nature. In these changing situations we need to fight together,” he said while inaugurating a National Convention on Disaster Management at Bangabandhu International Convention Centre in the city.
The minister said such a convention is being held for the first time to find out ways to combat the changing shape of natural disasters.
“About 2000 people are joining the two-day convention. We need to go ahead with advices of all experts joining this programme,” Maya said.
He said the experts will uphold their opinions about curbing risks of disasters like flood, earthquake, landslide, lightening and cyclones.
The minister also urged the experts to give realistic and well thought out advices in this regard.
“We will reshuffle all disaster management plans on the light of the experts’ advices,” he said.
The minister said that the government has managed four big disasters in this year. He stated about the relief allocations that his ministry has given to the effected areas.
Maya said that his ministry has sent relief materials to concern areas within three hours after getting the demand lists.
Zamilur Reza Chowdhury, Vice-Chancellor of Asia-Pacific University, read out the main script on the issue.
He said that the massive plan of 1992 in this regard should be reshuffled in the light of global climate change.