BSS-43 Govt has ability to tackle food crisis: Razzaque

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Govt has ability to tackle food crisis: Razzaque

DHAKA, Aug 14, 2020 (BSS) – Agriculture Minister M Abdur Razzaque
today said that the government has the capacity to deal with the food
crisis in any situation.

“COVID-19 crisis continues, the recent cyclone Ampan has caused huge
damage and a flood disaster is also going on, but I hope there will be
no food problem in the country as we have enough food grains in
stock,” he said.

“We have achieved such an overall capacity, including economic and
agricultural production, that there is no reason for Bangladesh to
fall into the food crisis,” said the minister.

He was speaking as the chief guest at a function organized by the
Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ) at the National Press Club here to
distribute cheques among COVID-19 affected journalists, as pledged by
the prime minister.

“After independence, the per capita land was 28 percent, which has
now come down to 10 percent, even then Bangladesh has become
self-sufficient in food,” he said.

“All this has been made possible by the efforts of this
agri-friendly government under the visionary leadership of Prime
Minister Sheikh Hasina,” he added.

Addressing the journalists, the minister said, “You were actively
involved in almost every progressive movement and struggle in this
country, you were at the forefront.”

“Anti-liberation forces are still active and they are constantly
lying, that is why I sincerely urge you to keep the nation united by
presenting accurate and correct information,” he said, adding, “Always
be vocal against those who want to confuse the nation by spreading
false, untrue information and news.”

Managing Director of Bangladesh Journalists Welfare Trust and
Director General of Press Institute of Bangladesh (PIB) Zafar Wazed,
DUJ General Secretary Sajjad Alam Khan Tapu and Bangladesh Federal
Union of Journalists (BFUJ) president Molla Jalal also spoke on the
occasion.

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