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PM’s 10 initiatives are pro-development, pro-equity: Inu
DHAKA, June 27, 2018(BSS)- Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu, MP, today
said that the aim of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s 10 initiatives was to
attain political and social peace.
He said that prosperity for the country was important and so was social
equity.
The minister was speaking as chief guest at a workshop organized to
exchange views with media persons and conscious members of civil society.
He said that after August 15, the military rulers had not only done away
with the constitution but also its reigning philosophies.
“They had implanted an extreme form of laissez-faire,” he said, “Which
made the rich richer and the poor poorer.”
Constitutional rule had been restored again and so had much of its
philosophy.
“Electricity had been extended to 80 percent of villages and it had
spurred many economic activities,” he said. “The rest of the villages would
be connected soon, “he added.
Referring to the “digital divide” he said, “We’re making sure that digital
technology was not restricted to the privileged few.”
“A total of 22,000 Russell digital labs had been established in rural
schools and more were on the way. This had ensured that laptops and PCs do
not remain confined to urban areas alone, “he said.
The minister also cited the community hospitals and the investment in
Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) as indicators of Sheikh Hasina’s pro-poor
and anti-poverty policies.
He said had it not been for the disruptive activities of the opposition
there would have been greater development.
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