MOULVIBAZAR, Sept 21, 2023 (BSS)- Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Md Shahab Uddin today urged the people to vote for the ruling Awami League again in the next general elections to bring Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to power.

“There is no alternative to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for the development of the country…under her leadership, Bangladesh will be developed like Europe and America,” he told a function at Juri Upazila Parishad auditorium here.

The function was organised to distribute cash and cheques among the distressed and helpless families affected by natural disasters, a ministry press release said.
 
Shahab Uddin said three community clinics have been set up in each union parishad area across the country to ensure healthcare at grassroots level, which is now being appreciated globally.

He said giving landless people homes with land is rare in the world, while the government has implemented a numerous programmes to improve the life standard of common people.

The minister said the government is working relentlessly to check prices of essential commodities although the prices of those have increased globally due to Russia-Ukraine war.

Chaired by Juri Upazila Nirbahi Officer Ranjan Chandra Dey, the function was addressed, among others, by Chairman of Juri Upazila Parishad heroic freedom fighter MA Moyeed Farooq, upazila AL president Masuk Miah and upazila parishad vice-chairman Rinku Ranjan Das.

Later, the environment minister distributed tin-sheet and cash to 65 distressed and helpless people.