Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday asked the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), the student wing of her ruling Awami League, to work for boosting food production in the country as the world might face a deeper food crisis.
“If needed, our Chhatra League will have to help farmers plant paddy seedlings as they did in harvesting paddy (during the Covid-19 period),” she said.
The prime minister was addressing a discussion organised by the BCL at Bangabandhu International Conference Center in Dhaka to mark the National Mourning Day of August 15, the day the country’s architect Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was assassinated along with most members of his family in 1975.
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Sheikh Hasina, also the Awami League president, asked every BCL member to plant trees massively besides cultivating crops and thus increase food production in their respective village homes and the place of living – it may be a hostel or educational institution.
This is needed as the world might witness a dire situation and the foods might not be purchased despite having money, she said. “So, we will have to produce our own foods.”
The prime minister also asked the BCL members to exercise austerity in the use of electricity, water and fuels amid the world economic crisis.
The prime minister also unveiled BCL's two publications — "Matribhumi" and "Joy Bangla" at the event.
BCL President Al-Nahean Khan Joy presided over the function, moderated by its General Secretary Lekhak Bhattacharjee.
Dhaka University BCL President Sanjit Chandra Das and General Secretary Saddam Hossain, Dhaka South City BCL President Mehdi Hasan and General Secretary Jubair Ahmed, Dhaka North City BCL President Ibrahim Hossain and General Secretary Saidur Rahman Hridoy spoke at the discussion.
