President M Abdul Hamid on Thursday urged all, irrespective of political affiliations, religion, caste, and creed to accelerate the ongoing democratic process and socio-economic development of the country for getting the political-ideological-organizational differences.<\/p>\n
\u201cI urge all to forge unity forgetting all sorts of political-ideological-organizational differences . . . Accelerate the country\u2019s ongoing democratic process and socio-economic development,\u201d the President said while addressing the first session of 2020 which is also the sixth one of the 11th Parliament.<\/p>\n
Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury chaired the first session, also the Winter Session of the Jatiya Sangsad. Leader of the House Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Opposition Leader Begum Rowshan Ershad and lawmakers of both treasury and opposition benches were also present during the President\u2019s speech.<\/p>\n
The head of the state said the Bangalee nation needs to forge unwavering unity to build exploitation free \u201cSonar Bangla\u201d earlier envisioned by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by uprooting corruption, terrorism, drug abuse and militancy from the society.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have never-ending debts to the martyrs of 1971 . . . Let us redeem our debts to the millions of martyrs by expediting country\u2019s democratic process and socio-economic development,\u201d he opined.<\/p>\n
Terming the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) as the center-point of people\u2019s hopes and aspirations, the President said no peace and progress can ever get a permanent shape without forging national unity.<\/p>\n
President Hamid called upon the treasury and opposition benches to jointly play due role in the parliament to fulfill the expectations of mass people.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe treasury bench and simultaneously opposition will have to play a constructive role to ensure transparency, accountability, tolerance, human rights and rule of law, and to materialize the dream and aspiration of the nation,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Abdul Hamid categorically said political parties and people irrespective of caste and professions must reach a consensus to ensure the regular practice of democracy, rules of law and continuous socio-economic advancement of Bangladesh.<\/p>\n
\u201cDespite obstacles, impediments, and hostilities, the government is making utmost efforts to ensure the participation of the people from the grassroots level to the center in the consolidation of good governance, the practice of democracy and development activities,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
In his 194-page speech, the President highlighted Sheikh Hasina government\u2019s activities and successes in different areas, including economy, trade, and commerce, agriculture, power, foreign relations, tourism, education, health, good governance, women and children development, information and communication technology (ICT), sports and youth development, rural development, expatriates\u2019 welfare, development of foreign relations, science and technology and public administration.<\/p>\n
Referring to formation of new government of the 11th parliament amid a free, fair and neutral election on 30 December 2018 with the participation of all political parties, the President said the government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was formed for the fourth term winning the absolute majority in the election riding on the land-slide mandate given by the people.<\/p>\n
In the continuity of the previous alliance government, the present government under the firm leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been working tirelessly to develop Bangladesh into a mid-income country by 2021 and a developed and prosperous country by 2041, he added._BSS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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