Their Words

“The Prime Minister should first place to the President all the deals and memoranda of understanding signed with India. Then, the President will make them public by presenting them in parliament. This constitutional obligation as wheel as the nation’s demand.”

Prof Emajuddin Ahmed yesterday demanded the government through parliament make public the deals signed during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent Bangladesh tour.

“Magical infrastructure project is high speed train that is an overall solution if you need to spend money. If you want to get good economic growth, high speed line is needed to connect cities.”

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan was delivering a public lecture on “Going bust for growth: policies after the global financial crisis” in Dhaka on Thursday.

“The children mostly work in small industries producing household items – plastic containers, buckets, jewelleries, food, etc. These are dangerous working environment for young children who work amid toxic fumes or in high temperature without safety measures"

Michael MacGrath, country director of Save the Children Bangladesh, made the remarks at a discussion organised by the ministry on the occasion of World Day against Child Labour.