DHAKA, Jan 22, 2021 (BSS) – Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud
today said Bangladesh would be built as ‘Sonar Bangla’ by 2041 under
the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
“With joint efforts of the country’s people, it is expected that
Bangladesh will become ‘Sonar Bangla’, as dreamt by Father of the
Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, under the leadership of his
daughter Sheikh Hasina by 2041,” he said.
Hasan, also the Awami League joint general secretary, made the
remarks while speaking at the inauguration ceremony of the
newly-elected committee of Junior Chamber International-JCI,
Bangladesh at a city hotel this evening, a ministry press release
said.
Speaking as the chief guest, he said Bangladesh was a country of
food deficiency in 2008, but now it achieved sufficiency in food under
the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
“Under the skilled leadership of the Bangabandhu’s daughter, we are
the first in South Asia and the 20th in the world in effectively
dealing with coronavirus,” Hasan said.
About the role of youth in building a nation, the information
minister said the immense energy of youth is always very important to
keep the pace of the country’s unprecedented progress smooth.
Prime Minister’s special assistant Barrister Shah Ali Farhad,
newly-elected JCI president Niaz Morshed Elite, vice-president Imran
Qadir and chairman of Fortune Shoes Mohammad Mizanur Rahman, among
others, spoke on the occasion.