Power, fuel crisis to ease from next month, expects PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said the people will not suffer much from electricity supply crisis from next month.

"Due to the war in Ukraine, it is difficult to buy fuel and bring gas. Attention is being drawn to saving energy not only in our country, but also everywhere – England, America and Germany. They're struggling (to ensure power supply). So, we also had to suffer for some days. Inshallah, perhaps there would be no such sufferings from next month," she said.

Hasina, also the president of Bangladesh Awami League, said this while chairing a meeting of her party's advisory council at Ganabhaban.

The prime minister called upon everyone to exercise austerity in using fuel and water. "You'll have to be frugal because the whole world faces economic recession. We're not free from its impacts," she said.

She iterated her call to increase food production and not leave even a single inch of land uncultivated as the global economic situation is very bad. "The situation is terrible," she said.

“If we can increase our own production, we will never face the heat of famine in Bangladesh,” she added.

Talking about providing food to the poor at subsidised prices, she said, “We are buying all the things at high prices, but providing these to the people at lower prices so that none suffers from lack of foods.” Mentioning that Awami League works for the welfare of people, Hasina said “Our work is for the welfare of all people.…We didn’t come here to make our own fortune, rather we are building the destiny of the people of Bangladesh.” Hasina said the people didn’t enjoy the true democracy and democratic rights in the country before Awami League came to power.

“The people of this country didn’t have real democracy or democratic rights before Awami League came to power. Since AL assumed the government, we started the democratic process. The transparency and accountability were ensured in the election, which came as outcomes of our (AL) movement and struggle,” she added.