NATORE, Feb 20, 2022 (BSS) - Information and Broadcasting Minister
Dr Hasan Mahmud today said the beneficiaries of 1/11 have become
active along with BNP again.

  "The emergency government came to power on 1/11 for two years due to
misrule and corruption of BNP. That time, Dr Kamal Hossain gave a
certificate to the government (emergency) -- 'stay in power as long as
you want'. 'Suajn' was also with them," he said.

  The minister added: "The beneficiaries of 1/11 have become active
again and they are doing online meetings and hatching conspiracies.
They are spreading confusion. And it is an ominous sign. Awami League
leaders and activists will face the conspiracies in together with the
countrymen."

  He was addressing the triennial conference of Awami League Natore
district unit at Gobinda Chanda Chowdhury Stadium here.

  Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges
Minister Obaidul Quader addressed the conference as the chief guest
while AL Presidium Member Abdur Rahman inaugurated it.

  AL Presidium Member and Rajshahi City Corporation Mayor AHM
Khairuzzaman Litan, AL organising secretary SM Kamal Hossain, health
secretary Rokeya Sultana, state minister of Information and Technology
Zunaid Ahmed Palak, lawmakers Shahidul Islam Bakul and Ratna Ahmed, AL
executive member Merina Jahan and Barind Multipurpose Development
Authority Begum Akthar Jahan, among others, addressed the conference.

  AL district unit president Professor Abdul Quddus, MP, presided over
the conference while its general secretary Shafiqul Islam Shimul, MP,
conducted it.

  Hasan said Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
encouraged the people and achieved the independence in exchange of
blood of people of all faiths. After the freedom, he had devoted
himself to the nation-building tasks, he added.

   The minister said Bangabandhu was leading the country on the path
of prosperity after bringing back one crore homeless people from
India. And there were another two crore refugees inside the country
and the communication system was collapsed, he added.

  He said when Bangabandhu was assassinated in 1975, the country's GDP
growth was 7.4 percent. Now, the country is marching ahead under the
dynamic leadership of Bangabandhu's daughter Prime Minister Sheikh
Hasina, said Hasan, also Awami League joint general secretary.

  He said about three crore people have become under social security
policy and the government is providing houses to distressed people.
The Awami League government has established Islami Arabic University
and model mosques at every district and upazila levels, he added.

   The minister said the responsible persons of about two lakh
mosque-based maktabs are given Taka 5,200 as allowance. The
construction works of the much-awaited Padma Bridge have been
completed almost and the nation is waiting for inauguration of the
bridge, he added.

   He said the government is able to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic
successfully for the far-sighted leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh
Hasina. About 17 crore people of the country came under vaccination
and more one crore people will come under vaccination on February 26,
he added.

  On the other hand, Hasan said, BNP is busy with spreading confusion
and propaganda. The BNP leaders including Mirza Fakfrul Islam Alamgir
tried to create confusion among the countrymen about the vaccine, he
added.

   He said the global community including the World Health
Organisation and the United Nations are praising the role of Prime
Minister Sheikh Hasina in combating the COVID-19 epidemic.