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Dhaka: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the youth to take the country forward and uphold its image in the international arena through their patriotism, willpower and honesty.<\/p>\nDhaka: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the youth to take the country forward and uphold its image in the international arena through their patriotism, willpower and honesty.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou have to love the country, love its people. If you move forward with confidence, you will be able to give your country something alongside doing something for your own life. There\u2019s no scope to get frustrated. You have to face many obstacles but it\u2019s possible to overcome these hindrances if there\u2019s strong willpower,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Hasina said this while speaking at an interactive session titled \u201cLet\u2019s Talk with Sheikh Hasina\u201d, organised by think-tank Centre for Research and Information at her official residence Ganobhaban here on November 23.<\/p>\n
Terming the youth folk the future of the country, the Prime Minister put the onus on them to take the country forward. \u201cI am handing over the responsibility to you,\u201d she said to a diverse group of youths as she listened to their dreams, hopes and aspirations about future Bangladesh.<\/p>\n
The Centre of Research and Information (CRI)-sponsored interaction \u201cLet\u2019s Talk with Sheikh Hasina\u201d was premiered on television on Thursday simultaneously broadcast on state-run Bangladesh Television (BTV) and private TV stations Maasranga, RTV, Channel 24, Channel i, ATN News, Gazi TV, DBC News and Somoy TV.<\/p>\n
The programme was also made available for online streaming at the same time on the Facebook pages of CRI and Young Bangla, along with a number of newspapers and news portals and agencies.<\/p>\n
They include Daily Ittefaq, Kaler Kantho, Samakal, Daily Jugantor, bdnews24.com, sarabangla.net, Bangla Tribune, banglanews24.com, Bangladesh Pratidin, bdmorning.com, United News of Bangladesh (UNB), barta24 and radio station Radio Dhol.<\/p>\n
Responding to a question of a participant over preventing corruption, Sheikh Hasina said \u2018Zero Tolerance\u2019 will be announced against corruption. \u201dWe launched drives against terrorism, drives against drugs are on. We\u2019ve arranged income for government officers. Then why they will be involved in corruption? It\u2019s possible to stop corruption if people stay away from unhealthy competition.\u201d<\/p>\n
Replying to another participant\u2019s question over scrapping the quota facilities for freedom fighters and ethnic minorities in government jobs, she said the system was abolished in the face of demand. However, new guidelines will be given over the issues of people with disability, ethnic minorities and freedom fighters\u2019 children.<\/p>\n
Regarding her government\u2019s efforts for development of marginal people, Hasina said, \u201cWe have been working. Villages will be turned into cities. While taking development programmes, city or capital-centric programmes are not taken, rather the issues of marginal people are also considered.\u201d<\/p>\n
Talking about her personal life, Sheikh Hasina said she has dedicated her life for the people of the country and she sleeps only for five hours at night while in the rest of the time, she tries hard to complete her tasks as quickly as possible, she said.<\/p>\n
Hasina also shared with the participants how she passes time with her grandchildren, what she does for keeping herself fit and her favourite childhood memories.<\/p>\n
She also talked about the struggles she had to endure throughout her life, including the tragic event of August 15, 1975, her days as an opposition leader and her time in prison during the 1\/11 era.<\/p>\n
Demonstrating a strong sense of enthusiasm and vigour, around 150 young people selected from across the country, including entrepreneurs, students, sports and cultural personalities, and representatives of various youth groups and associations took part in the discussion.<\/p>\n
For the first time in Bangladesh's political history, the Prime Minister directly talked to the youth and asked the participants to share their ideas and thoughts on the development of their country.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, CRI also announced that its docudrama \u201cHasina: A Daughter\u2019s Tale\u201d will premiere on TV on Saturday (December 15). The docudrama on the life of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will be aired on Maasranga, Gazi TV and Channel i at 3pm that day.UNB.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Dhaka: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the youth to take the country forward and uphold its image in the international arena through their patriotism, willpower and honesty. \u201cYou have to love the country, love its people. If you move forward with confidence, you will be able to give your country something alongside doing something […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":50090,"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