Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged the affluent section of society to stand beside the destitute people, as her government has been working to arrange houses for all homeless people in the country.
“Not a single person will remain landless and homeless in Bangladesh. That is our goal,” she told the representatives of the Bangladesh Association of Banks (BAB) during a meeting at her office in Dhaka.
In the meeting, 36 banks donated a total of Tk 113.25 crore for the construction of houses for homeless people under the Ashrayan-2 project, said PM’s Deputy Press Secretary KM Shakhawat Moon while briefing reporters.
The PM said most of the country's homeless and landless people have already been given houses, and the remaining people will also get abodes, adding, “Nothing can be greater than the smile and satisfaction of the people who got Ashrayan houses.”
Many people who got Ashrayan houses on two-decimal lands are also growing vegetables, rearing chickens, and opening cottage industries and shops there.
“They’re finding a way to make a (decent) living. The life of the people is changing for the better,” she said.
Sheikh Hasina asked the well-off section of the society to come forward in the construction of houses for landless and homeless people, adding, “Not only the government, but we all together will take the country forward on the path of development.”
Thanking the BAB and bankers for providing donations on different occasions, the PM said, “I don't even need to tell you (for providing assistance). You all come spontaneously and help during any disaster and crisis.”
Focusing on the outcome of her government’s initiative to open banks in the private sector, she said three lakh graduates were employed due to the establishment of private banks.
“It's a big matter,” she added.
The prime minister said the country is marching toward prosperity overcoming all natural and manmade disasters. Referring to the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war on the global economy, she said, “We’re not in big trouble, unlike other countries. We are overcoming it.”
Prime minister’s Principal Secretary Tofazzel Hossain Miah conducted the event, while BAB chairman Nazrul Islam Mazumder also spoke on the occasion.
