All countries, barring BNP, praise Bangladesh’s development spree: Hasan
Coming down heavily on BNP leaders because of their comments over country’s development issues, Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Saturday said countries all over the sub-continents including India and Pakistan are praising the unprecedented development of Bangladesh under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
“Every country is hailing the development of Bangladesh. But blind-folded party BNP is merely criticizing,” he told newsmen after fully exchanging views with the leaders of film directors and producers at his official residence in city’s Minto Road.
Film Director Samity President Mushfiqur Rahman Gulzer, Secretary General Badiul Alam Khokan, producer samity President Khorshed Alam Khasru and General Secretary Shamsul Alam, among others, were present.
Hasn said, as per a recent report of IMF, Bangladesh will exceed India in the per capita income. Comparing to the development of Bangladesh in various indexes with Pakistan and India, the information minister said Bangladesh has left out Pakistan in every indexes and neighboring India in two indexes- Human Index and Social Index.
“Especially now we are surpassing India in economical indicators such as for example per capita GDP,” said Hasan, also Awami League joint general secretary.
He said Bangladesh’s GDP tops almost all countries in Asia even amid the Coronavirus epidemic as the wheels of economy have already been kept moving because of dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina while almost all of the countries including India and Pakistan stand minus.
The info minister said every country is praising the unprecedented development of Bangladesh though it really is among the densely populated countries on the globe; and the natural disasters are continuous companion.
Even, the intellectuals of India and Pakistan are hailing the ongoing development of Bangladesh, he said.
But, one party-BNP-and its collaborators cannot praise the development, he said, adding BNP is merely saying, ‘the government will not permit them to speak when Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir is spreading hatred’.
This is BNP’s political bankruptcy, he said, adding this party only thinks about them, not for the united states or masses.
In the meeting, the info minister said Bangabandhu’s daughter Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has taken ground-breaking steps in exploration of film industry that had started its journey by making use of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
He said the amount of grant and the amount of grant-taking films have increased and steps have been taken up to provide long-term easy loan for constructing new halls, renovation of existing halls and their reopening.
