Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said Bangladesh has attained the ability to advance further by competing any nation of the world and asserted that none can pull the country backward any more.
We’re implementing 90 percent of our development projects by our own fund. Now donors don’t come to give alms to us. Rather they come to provide assistance mentioning us their development partners. Because we don’t want alms to anybody, she told a reception on Tuesday (Feb.4) night.
Awami League Italy Chapter accorded the reception to the Prime Minister at Parco dei Principi Grand Hotel & Spa.
Pointing out the construction of the Padma Bridge by the government’s own fund, the Prime Minister said: “We’ve proved that we could do any work by
ourselves.”
Sheikh Hasina said the World Bank wanted to put blame on the government regarding the bridge. “I had taken it as a challenge, saying that we’ll build the bridge by our own fund and now we’re implementing the project by our money,” she said.
The Prime Minister said Bangladesh earned independence through liberation war under the leadership of Bangabandhu. “So I promised that whenever we’ll come to power, we’ll build the country in such a way so that Bangladesh can move with dignity on the world stage,” she said.
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen and President of Italy Chapter Awami League Hazi Mohammad Idris Farazi and General Secretary Hasan Iqbal and on behalf of the expatriate Bangladeshis, Hosne Ara Begum spoke at the function.
Bangladesh Ambassador to Italy Abdus Sobhan Sikdar and President of UK Chapter Awami League Sultan Mahmud Sharif were present on the dais.
A huge number of leaders and workers of AL and its associate organizations from different European countries also joined the event.
The Prime Minister arrived here on Tuesday(Feb.4) afternoon on a four-day official visit to Italy at the invitation of her Italian counterpart Giuseppe Conte.