RAJSHAHI, Jan 24, 2020 (BSS) – Speakers at a discussion today said the
present government under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh
Hasina has been working relentlessly for boosting economic progress in the
country.
The government has been implementing various need-based programmes to
bring underprivileged people under the mainstream of development, they told a
seminar titled “Rajshahi’s Development: Problems and Prospects” at central
auditorium in Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET).
RUET’s Humanities Department and Bangladesh Economic Association (BEA)
jointly organized the daylong seminar discussing the ways and means on how to
elevate the Rajshahi region.
RUET Vice-chancellor Prof Rafiqul Islam Sheikh addressed the seminar as
the chief guest while BEA President Prof Abul Barakat and its General
Secretary Dr Jamaluddin Ahmed spoke as guests of honour with Chairman of the
Department of Economics in Rajshahi University Prof Moazzem Hossain Khan in
the chair.
Head of the Humanities Department in RUET Prof Rabiul Islam gave an
overview of the seminar in his address of welcome.
Prof Abul Barakat said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has already declared
that the rural areas will be transformed into urban like areas through
reaching the modern facilities there. At present, the country is on the road
towards advancement of prosperity, he added.
He said the government is implementing massive development programmes
for achieving the targets of Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs) by 2030.