UNB, Dhaka :
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday reiterated her call to the international community, including the United Nations, to maintain the pressure on the Myanmar government for taking back their nationals from Bangladesh.
She made the call when Under Secretary of the UN Fekitamoeloa Katoa Utoikamanu met her at her office.
PM’s press secretary Ihsanul Karim briefed reporters after the meeting.
“Keep up the pressure on Myanmar to take back their nationals,” he quoted the Prime Minister as saying.
Ihsanul Karim also said the Prime Minister mentioned about the sufferings of the local people due to the influx of Rohingyas from Myanmar.
She put emphasis on full implementation of the Kofi Anan report.
Sheikh Hasina said the local people in Cox’s Bazar district are in trouble with Rohingya refugees who fled to Bangladesh following the atrocities carried out by Myanmar government forces on them.
The Prime Minister said, Bangladesh has already faced prolonged flood hitting the country hard. “And on top of it, the Rohingya crisis has become an additional burden on Bangladesh.”
About Bangladesh’s journey towards being a middle-income country, Sheikh Hasina said the government has already adopted Vision 2021 and formulated five year plans accordingly.
She mentioned that poverty reduction, rural development and women empowerment are on top of the list of the government’s prime tasks.
Briefly describing the government’s various efforts for the country’s overall development, she said the GDP has reached 7.28 while the per capita income now stood at $ 1610.
Talking about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Prime Minister said that Bangladesh has achieved the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in due time and will surely attain the SDGs.
hartal from 6am to 2pm today (Thursday). We think the hartal is very logical and it was called in the interest of people. I, on behalf of BNP, extend full support to the programme,” Rizvi said.
He said the government raised the power tariff as it is least bothered about public sufferings.
Earlier on Nov 23, Ganatantrik Bam Morcha, Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) and Socialist Party of Bangladesh (BSD) jointly called the hartal for Thursday protesting the fresh power price hike.
The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (Berc) on an average raised the power tariff by 5.3 percent or Tk. 0.35 per unit which will come into effect from December.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday reiterated her call to the international community, including the United Nations, to maintain the pressure on the Myanmar government for taking back their nationals from Bangladesh.
She made the call when Under Secretary of the UN Fekitamoeloa Katoa Utoikamanu met her at her office.
PM’s press secretary Ihsanul Karim briefed reporters after the meeting.
“Keep up the pressure on Myanmar to take back their nationals,” he quoted the Prime Minister as saying.
Ihsanul Karim also said the Prime Minister mentioned about the sufferings of the local people due to the influx of Rohingyas from Myanmar.
She put emphasis on full implementation of the Kofi Anan report.
Sheikh Hasina said the local people in Cox’s Bazar district are in trouble with Rohingya refugees who fled to Bangladesh following the atrocities carried out by Myanmar government forces on them.
The Prime Minister said, Bangladesh has already faced prolonged flood hitting the country hard. “And on top of it, the Rohingya crisis has become an additional burden on Bangladesh.”
About Bangladesh’s journey towards being a middle-income country, Sheikh Hasina said the government has already adopted Vision 2021 and formulated five year plans accordingly.
She mentioned that poverty reduction, rural development and women empowerment are on top of the list of the government’s prime tasks.
Briefly describing the government’s various efforts for the country’s overall development, she said the GDP has reached 7.28 while the per capita income now stood at $ 1610.
Talking about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Prime Minister said that Bangladesh has achieved the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in due time and will surely attain the SDGs.
hartal from 6am to 2pm today (Thursday). We think the hartal is very logical and it was called in the interest of people. I, on behalf of BNP, extend full support to the programme,” Rizvi said.
He said the government raised the power tariff as it is least bothered about public sufferings.
Earlier on Nov 23, Ganatantrik Bam Morcha, Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) and Socialist Party of Bangladesh (BSD) jointly called the hartal for Thursday protesting the fresh power price hike.
The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (Berc) on an average raised the power tariff by 5.3 percent or Tk. 0.35 per unit which will come into effect from December.
