Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged leaders and activists to work hard to strengthen the party at every tier and project the government’s tremendous success before the countrymen.
“Strengthening the party at every tier is necessary. We have already formed teams to this end. So I would like to tell you to give proper attention so that the party is built organisationally,” she said while exchanging views with leaders and workers of Sylhet district and city units of the Awami League at MAG Osmani International Airport during a stopover.
The premier also said the Awami League did politics for the welfare of the nation’s people and their development while the BNP believed in destruction.
Hasina, also the president of the Awami League, made the one-hour stopover on her way to Dhaka from London yesterday morning.
The premier said it had become possible for her to stop over at Sylhet airport as the Awami League government was in power and established the airport which was the long-cherished desire of Sylhet residents.
With city Awami League President and former mayor Badaruddin Ahmad Kamran in the chair, the function was addressed by Sylhet District Unit Vice-President and sadar upazila Chairman Ashfaq Ahmed and General Secretary Shafiqur Rahman Chowdhury and city unit General Secretary Asaduddin Ahmed.
“We are going through many obstacles as we completed the trial of the killers of Bangabandhu and are holding the trial of the war criminals,” she said.
Hasina said the aim of her government was to free the nation from stigma by finishing the trial of the war criminals who committed genocide in 1971. The prime minister said the country was moving fast towards economic prosperity and there is huge contribution of expatriate Bangladeshis to this end.
Pointing out the vehicular movement agreement between Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Bhutan, she said: “Regional connectivity will contribute to our economy and expand trade and business with other countries of the region.”