Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been honoured with ‘South-South Cooperation Visionary’ award of the United Nations (UN) for her leadership in taking Bangladesh towards progress.
Prime Minister’s ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Ahmed Wazed Joy received the award on behalf of his mother at the closing ceremony of the Global South-South Development Expo in Washington on Friday, according to a message received in Dhaka yesterday.
Joy also spoke on the occasion and read out the message of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Bangladesh Ambassador in Washington M Ziauddin, Additional Secretary of the Economic Relations Division M Asadul Islam and Deputy Chief of Bangladesh Mission in Washington Mohammad Abdul Muhith were also present.
The award was the recognition to Bangladesh’s advancement under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s leadership in expanding information technology, ensuring healthcare to grassroots level, improvement of society’s distress people through safety net programme and success in poverty alleviation.
