NATORE, Jan 27, 2023 (BSS) - State Minister for Information and Communication Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak today said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is the charioteer of students as well as the next generation.

"The students will make the country 'Bangladesh Smart' by overcoming all the challenges of the Fourth Industrial Revolution" Palak said while speaking as the chief guest at a function arranged in Singra on the occasion of Chalan Beel Education Festival 2023.

He said, "Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman considered education expenditure as education investment . . . Now, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is putting emphasis on technology-based education, which will entirely change Bangladesh in the days to come."

With Singra Upazila Nirbahi Officer SM Samirul Islam in the chair, the function was addressed, among others, by Justice Fahmida Quader, Secretary for the Ministry of Industries Zakia Sultana, Additional Inspector General of Police Md Atiqul Islam, Upazila AL President advocate Sheikh Ohidur Rahman and Mayor Zannatul Ferdous.