People who couldn't eat once can now afford four meals a day: PM Hasina
Once, only the local village market was there to cater to the people, now villages have supermarkets. said the prime minister
The rural economy has developed a lot and people who could not afford one meal now eat four times a day, said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday (17 May).
"Once, only the local village market was there to cater to the people, now villages have supermarkets.
"About 200 fridges were sold before Eid in our village market in Patgati union of Tungipara. As the rural economy grows stronger, industries are getting stronger as well," she said while addressing the opening ceremony of the 22nd Biennial Conference of the Bangladesh Economic Association (BEA) at the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) in the capital's Ramna.
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Addressing economists of the country she said, "I may not understand the complexities of economics like you do. But I do understand how to work for the welfare of the people of the country and how it will benefit people.
"I learned these from my father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. He would tell us how he wanted to work for the people of the country, how he wanted to develop the villages."
She asked the economists to design their policies, plans and programmes considering the local realities.
"You do not have to listen to all the advice from foreigners. Yes, we will learn from them, but policies and programmes will only be effective when planned with people's needs in mind," she added.
Noting that making Bangladesh developed is her goal by changing the fate of its people, she said Bangladesh has already progressed a lot in its development journey.
"InshaAllah, we will continue to advance as we are doing now. We will be able to overcome all obstacles no matter how many obstructions there are," the premier said.
BEA President Prof Abul Barkat presided over the opening session of the two-day biennial conference.
Convener of the conference preparation committee Dr Jamaluddin Ahmed delivered the welcome speech, while BEA General Secretary Prof Md Aynul Islam gave the vote of thanks.
