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Dhaka: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said her government is working relentlessly for further strengthening democracy and speeding up development in the country as Commonwealth Secretary General Patricia Scotland QC paid a courtesy call on her.<\/p>\nDhaka: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said her government is working relentlessly for further strengthening democracy and speeding up development in the country as Commonwealth Secretary General Patricia Scotland QC paid a courtesy call on her.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re working tirelessly for further consolidating democracy and accelerating development in the country,\u201d Premier\u2019s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim quoted her as saying while briefing reporters after the meeting at the Prime Minister\u2019s Office here.<\/p>\n
In this connection, the Commonwealth Secretary General said her\u00a0organisation is ready to extend cooperation to Bangladesh in upholding its democratic process.<\/p>\n
Sheikh Hasina said over 6,000 elections, including local government body polls and Jatiya Sangsad by-elections, were held in the last nine and half years.<\/p>\n
\u201cThose elections were staged in a free, fair and neutral manner,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
While talking about the terrorism issue, the premier said her government has successfully combated the social menace. \u201cWe\u2019ve built a social movement
\nagainst terrorism by involving the people of all strata \u2026we don\u2019t allow our children to be indulged in terrorism,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
On the Rohingya issue, Sheikh Hasina said: \u201cWe\u2019re having discussion with Myanmar to resolve the Rohingya crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n
Describing weather as the biggest concern for the government regarding to the safety of Rohingyas, Sheikh Hasina said local people are suffering a lot as their arable land was occupied by the forcibly displaced Rohingyas.<\/p>\n
The Prime Minister said women empowerment is being made from the grassroots level and the womenfolk in large number is participating in the
\ncountry\u2019s socioeconomic uplift.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re encouraging the young entrepreneurs \u2014 both males and females \u2014 in SME,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Talking about the country\u2019s development, Sheikh Hasina said the GDP growth\u00a0rate has now increased to 7.78 percent while inflation brought down to 5.5
\npercent, thanks to various pragmatic steps of the government.<\/p>\n
Noting that her government is promoting all kinds games and sports, the Prime Minister said the Bangladesh women cricket team became champions in the
\nAsia Cup recently while the men\u2019s team is also doing well.<\/p>\n
The Commonwealth Secretary General termed the exodus of a huge number of Rohingyas into Bangladesh as a huge burden for Bangladesh.<\/p>\n
\u201cPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina showed a great compassion by giving shelter to a huge number of Rohingyas in Bangladesh,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Patricia Scotland highly appreciated the role of Bangladesh in combating terrorism.<\/p>\n
She called for trade facilitation among the Commonwealth states saying trade barriers need to be reduced among them and connectivity should be
\nenhanced for strengthening SME network.<\/p>\n
The Commonwealth Secretary General also highly appreciated women empowerment and development in Bangladesh under the leadership of Prime
\nMinister Sheikh Hasina.<\/p>\n
In this connection, she put emphasis on more involvement of women in trade and business as well as the SME.<\/p>\n
Patricia Scotland also highly lauded Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina\u2019s speech on women empowerment in the last Commonwealth Summit in London.<\/p>\n
She highly praised the Bangladesh\u2019s role in the interfaith conference held in Kenya recently. \u201cThe speech of the Bangladesh representative was the best
\nof all,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
The Commonwealth Secretary General also appreciated the role of Bangladesh in the last Ocean Conference.<\/p>\n
On cricket issue, she stressed the need for formation of a Commonwealth Cricket Club as well as introduction of the Commonwealth Cricket League for
\nfurther development of the popular game in the Commonwealth states.<\/p>\n
Patricia Scotland handed over a copy of the Commonwealth Charter to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.<\/p>\n
PM\u2019s Principal Secretary Md Nojibur Rahman was present at the meeting, among others.<\/p>\n
The Commonwealth Secretary General arrived here on Wednesday on a three-day visit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Dhaka: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said her government is working relentlessly for further strengthening democracy and speeding up development in the country as Commonwealth Secretary General Patricia Scotland QC paid a courtesy call on her. \u201cWe\u2019re working tirelessly for further consolidating democracy and accelerating development in the country,\u201d Premier\u2019s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim quoted her […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":46329,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12,2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n