Bangladesh govt to set up university in each district, says PM

Bangladesh govt to set up university in each district, says PM | TwoCircles.net

By NNN-BSS,

Dhaka : Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina announced her government's plan to set up university in each district across the country to reach higher education facilities up to door step of the people.

Besides, she said her government wants to decentralize all fundamental services including education and health services so that people living in the rural areas could avail the facilities.

The Prime Minister said this while addressing a discussion meeting organized to mark the National Social Welfare Day- 2011 at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) here on sunday.

Social Welfare Minister Enamul Haq Mostafa Shahid and Adviser to the Prime Minister Prof Dr Syed Modasser Ali also spoke on the occasion with Secretary of the Ministry Quamrunnesa
Khanam in the chair.

The Prime Minister said her government will distribute all government allowances through bank account to prevent mismanagement and irregularities and to ensure reaching of the
allowances to the people.

Referring to various activities undertaken by her previous government for the welfare of the people, she said the BNP-Jamaat government after coming to power suspended the programmes due to petty political interest.

"We will again resume the programmes so that none can suspend the pro-people development programmes," she asserted.

The Prime Minister while reiterating her government's pledge for creating social safety net, said her government has taken various programmes for improving living standard of the people.

In this context, she said her government will take necessary measurers to stop begging through ensuring food and shelter for all. "Why people will get involved in begging, if we can ensure their food and shelter," she questioned.

Quoting from a newspaper report, Sheikh Hasina said the inhuman acts like involving children in begging by making them disable and other anti-social activities must be stopped at any cost.

She said her government will take necessary steps to make information technology suitable to the disabled people to include them in building digital Bangladesh by 2021 as pledged in the election manifesto.

Sheikh Hasina announced that the government will build a full-fledged complex for disabled people in Dhaka and specialized hospitals at all divisional headquarters for the welfare of the handicapped people.

Preliminary work of the construction of Sheikh Fajilatunnesa Mujib specialized hospital in Savar has already been started and special training will be imparted to the nurses through
establishing a nursing school there for rendering services to disabled children.

She said work on the project of establishing six Vocational Training Centre at six divisional headquarters are nearing completion

The Prime Minister said her government is implementing various programmes including distribution of allowances for the elderly people, widow and women deserted by their husband and freedom fighters.

Besides, she said that National Disable Foundation is implementing development projects involving Taka 155 crore for the welfare of disable people.

Earlier, the Prime Minister distributed various allowances among the insolvent disabled, widow, husband abandoned, elderly people and freedom fighters. She also distributed money of interest free micro-credit programme of the social welfare department among the beneficiaries.