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PM urges govt officials to continue drive against graft, drugs

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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday asked the government officials to continue drives against corruption and drugs as well as design development projects in a planned way.

“Drives against corruption, drugs and terrorism must continue and development projects will have to be taken in a planned way,” she said while addressing the annual conference of Bangladesh Administrative Service Association at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the city, reports UNB.

The Prime Minister hoped that the officials will come up with new projects for the development of the country utilising their innovative Idea. 

Noting that her government enhanced salaries and housing and other facilities for the officials, she said her government wants their cooperation in return to free the people of Bangladesh from poverty and give them a decent life.

Mentioning that the poverty rate has been brought down to 21 percent, Hasina said it will have to be decreased further. “The poverty rate will have to be declined to at least 1 percent which is less than that of the country of those who once had said Bangladesh would a bottomless basket.”

State Minister for Public Administration Farhad Hossain and Cabinet Secretary Mohammad Shafiul Alam also spoke on the occasion.

President of the Bangladesh Administrative Service Association and Local Government Division Secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed presided over the function while its General Secretary and acting Medical Education and Family Welfare Division Secretary Sheikh Yusuf Harun delivered the welcome speech.

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