BSS :
Planning Minister MA Mannan has said that the government is trying to curb corruption under the purview of the law.
Noting that the country is yet to get rid of corruption fully, Mannan on Monday said: “There is no reason to deny that and it is also the reality. But, we’re not disappointed yet and our pressure is on to curb corruption.”
He said it is not possible to curb corruption through hustle or through military style.
“Rather the government would have to function within the purview of the law since none is above the law,” he added. The minister was addressing the inaugural session of the training workshop on “Capacity building for generating gender responsive environmental data in focusing to SDGs” held at the Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC) in the capital.
The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) in partnership with the UN Women organized the event. Director General of the Department of Women Affairs Ram Chandra Das, Director General of the Department of Disaster Management Md Atiqul Huq spoke on the occasion as special guests.
Mentioning that the government is aware enough of its own duties and responsibilities, Mannan said that the government machineries are always prepared to discharge their concerned duties and responsibilities.
The minister noted that the global community widely acknowledges that Bangladesh is very much efficient in dealing with emergency situation like natural calamities and that efficiency should have to be replicated in the usual time also.
“Our main message is to complete the development works in a speedy manner. But, that doesn’t mean completing works through compromising with standard,” he said.
Presided over by Statistics and Informatics Division Secretary Muhammad Yamin Chowdhury, Director General of BBS Mohammad Tajul Islam gave the address of welcome.
