State Minister for Social Welfare Farzana Sharmin on Sunday said the government wants to resolve the country’s power and energy crisis in a way that will reduce Bangladesh’s dependence on others in the future.
“People of the country are facing problems with oil, gas and electricity.
“People of the country are facing problems with oil, gas and electricity. The prime minister and members of the government have repeatedly expressed regret to the people over these problems,” she said.
The state minister made the remarks at a meeting of the district law-and-order committee at the Natore deputy commissioner’s conference room on Sunday morning.
She said the people will assess how much confidence the government has been able to gain in the first seven months of office.
“The BNP went to the people seeking votes with its 31-point program, and the current government has addressed each of those points to some extent,” Farzana said, adding that seven months is too short a period to assess the performance of a government.
Regarding the upcoming local government elections, she said they will be more transparent than any previous local government elections and will be held without party symbols.
“The local government system has been destroyed. That is why the upcoming local government elections will be transparent, and there will be no party symbols,” the state minister said.
She said the government wants to restore the local government system by appointing qualified, educated and capable people who can make it fully functional.
Deputy Commissioner Mst Shumoni Aktar chaired the meeting, attended by officials from different government departments in the district.
