Hopefully, we will establish a hunger-, poverty-, illiteracy-free and secular Golden Bengal'Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has praised Bangladesh’s socioeconomic performance, as the country managed to register 5.24% GDP growth during the Covid-19 pandemic. The prime minister made the remarks in her pre-recorded speech on Armed Forces Day, aired on Bangladesh Television and Bangladesh Betar on Saturday. Bangladesh believes in peaceful coexistence with all its neighbours but is also ever ready to protect its sovereignty from an aggressive attack, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina added. Although Bangladesh believes in peaceful coexistence with all neighbouring countries, we are ever ready for and strongly committed to protecting the country's sovereignty from any aggressive attack," she said. Several members of the Armed Forces have been infected and some have died while facing the Covid-19 pandemic, she said.

Source: Dhaka Tribune November 21, 2020 13:52 UTC