DHAKA, Dec 9, 2019 (BSS) – The cabinet today approved the draft of the
President’s speech to be delivered at the first session of the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) in
2020.
The approval was given at the regular cabinet meeting with Prime Minister
Sheikh Hasina in the chair at the Secretariat here.
After the meeting, Cabinet Secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam briefed the
media.
The meeting discussed the President’s draft speech which covered the
outline of socio-political and economic development, administrative policies
and strategies and development philosophy and directives.
Referring to the article 73 (2) of the Constitution, the cabinet
secretary said that the president at the commencement of the first session
after a general election of members of Parliament and at the commencement of
the first session of each year the President shall address Parliament.
The country’s overall and macro-economic condition, success of the
measures taken for the socio-economic development, work plan taken in various
sectors to implement the Vision 2021 and implementation of different
programmes taken for development of information and communication technology
will be focused in the President’s speech, he said.
The country’s top bureaucrat also said that the President’s speech will
also highlight employment generation at home and abroad, expansion of the
social safety net programmes and progress of the process of holding trial of
the war criminals, success achieved in maintaining foreign relations and the
administrative policy-strategy, development-philosophy, and guideline of
advancement (of the country).
The cabinet was also apprised of the Prime Minister joining as the chief
guest in the opening ceremony of Bangladesh-India day-night test match in
Kolkata on November 22 at the invitation of the Indian Prime Minister,
President of Board of Control for Cricket in India and West Bengal Cricket
Association.