Devote yourselves to nation’s welfare

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday urged her party leaders and activists to work with devotion for the welfare of the nation and thus strengthen it imbued with the ideals of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
‘It’s my fervent call to my party leaders and workers to wholeheartedly devote yourselves to the welfare of the country and the nation and thus strengthen the party under the leadership which we’ve achieved our independence,’ she said.
Sheikh Hasina, also the chief of the ruling Awami League, said this while addressing a discussion meeting marking the 67th founding anniversary of Awami League held at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the capital.
Hasina said it was only the Awami League which has taken the country ahead through bringing economic emancipation of people. ‘Insha Allah, we’ll bring much more economic emancipation.’
She said it is also Awami League which has been working relentlessly to ensure the basic rights of the people of Bangladesh.
Calling upon her party leaders and workers to work tirelessly rising above personal interests, Hasina said, ‘If a political leader can work with honesty, then it is his or her biggest strength through which he or she could face any disaster or calamity. With honesty, a political leader could raise his voice and I’ve gained such strength of honesty from Bangabandhu.’
Reiterating her vow to turn Bangladesh into a mid-income country by 2021 and a prosperous developed country by 2041, Hasina said to attain these goals, each and every AL leader and worker must work with honesty.