Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said her government is striving to take country to a position in a shortest possible time.
“Bangladesh has lost many years without any visible national progress...Now, we are trying to implement the development projects in a more quicker pace," she said.
The Prime Minister came up with the statement while addressing a function at her office on Wednesday, reports BSS.
The function was arranged on the occasion of signing the Annual Performance Agreement (APA) of various ministries and departments for the fiscal year 2018-2019.
Sheikh Hasina laid utmost importance upon formulating a long-term plan for overall development of the country.
She sought ideas particularly from the bureaucrats to prepare the nation’s development pathway for 2041.
“We have already started working upon preparing the plan for 2021-2041 and if you have any idea or plan to supplement, you can submit it to the government to make a better roadmap,” Sheikh Hasina said.
“We, the politicians, show the roads of development and it’s your duty to implement those development works” she said adding that Bangladesh, for its prosperity, needs development in a quicker pace.
Talking about signing the APA, she said, this is for the 5th time that such an agreement has been signed between the Cabinet Secretary on behalf of the Prime Minister and the concerned secretaries for the ministers.
The Prime Minister expressed her hope to see every village as a town where people will get all urban facilities.
"Neither a single person will remain without education and home and nor they would suffer from hunger or lack of healthcare services," she said.
The Prime Minister distributed the certificates to the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs and the Ministry of Agricultural and IME Division for their best performance according to the APA during the 2016-2017 fiscal year.
Sheikh Hasina also handed over Integrity Award-2017-18 to the IME Division of the Planning Ministry for showing the highest performance in accomplishing its annual activities.
Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith, State Minister for Public Administration Ismat Ara Sadeq, Cabinet Secretary Md. Shafiul Alam, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) Md. Nojibur Rahman and Chief Coordinator on SDGs in the PMO Abul Kalam Azad spoke on the occasion.
Secretary of the Cabinet Division (Reform and Coordination) Ziaul Alam and Md. Mofizur Islam, Secretary of the Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation (IME) of the Planning Ministry also spoke on the occasion.
Cabinet members, PM’s Advisors, secretaries, heads of various departments, senior officials and diplomats of different countries were present.
