Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said the main priority of her government has been to improve the connectivity throughout the country for economic progress and industrialisation. “We’ve developed a communication network through construction of roads and bridges across the country. Besides, we’ve been dredging and reviving the rivers… We’re reviving the rail services (on different routes) and constructing new rail lines,” she said.
Hasina said a strong communication network creates a huge scope for accelerating development pace, industrialisation and business. “We’ve been working on this,” she said.
Talking about the recently opened Padma Multipurpose Bridge, she hoped the bridge would change the fate of the people of 21 districts.
“The vast southern region has been neglected for a long time. But the scope for industrialisation has been created in this region. The economic condition of the people of this region will improve,” she said.
She said Bangladesh has been able to construct the Padma Bridge with its own funding as the people of the country stood with her giving courage and assistance. “The people of my country is my big strength,” she added. In the wake of a fresh wave of Covid-19 infection in the country, the PM renewed her call to all to maintain health safety protocols particularly wearing masks.
