President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday greeted the countrymen on the occasion of New Year 2016.
In separate messages on the eve of the new year, they wished peace and prosperity for all in 2016.
In his message, President Abdul Hamid said though the celebration of Bengali New Year has merged with the national culture, the English new year influences all because of the widespread use of English calendar in daily activities.
The pledge of the new year is to march forward toward development and prosperity on the basis of the past achievements and successes, he said.
The President hoped that the new year would open the doors of possibilities by fulfilling expectations in social, political, economic and cultural areas.
In her message, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina greeted the countrymen and citizens across the globe on the eve of the new year.
She said outgoing 2015 is a glorious year in the history of the Bangalee nation in the areas of social development, maintaining constitutional and democratic continuation and upholding the spirit of the Liberation War.
It was a year of success in both domestic and international arena, she said and referred to her winning UN award ‘Champion of the Earth.
The country is now on the verge of self-reliant economy, the Prime Minister said and referred to the construction of Padma Bridge with own resources and implementing Rooppur nuclear power project with Russian assistance.
Bangladesh has reached a new height in the indices of socio-economic development, sheikh Hasina said.
She said despite global recession, the country achieved 6.51 percent growth and the per capita income increased to 1314 US dollar.
