RAJSHAHI: State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam has distributed battery-run rickshaws among 20 distressed people aimed at making them self-reliant, reports BSS.
He distributed the vans at his residence at Arani under Bagha Upazila of the district on Sunday, making the recipients delighted.
He also said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government is working with the determination to build a smart Bangladesh. Digital Bangladesh has already been built and time has come to build Smart Bangladesh with the farsighted leadership of the Prime Minister Shiekh Hasina, he added.
We don't have time to look backward, we have to look forward as the present Bangladesh has been marching forward vibrantly, he added.
Around 26,000 academic buildings have been constructed in addition to appointing 36,000 teachers since Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina came to power, he said.
The state minister said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina wants to build a happy, prosperous and non-communal Smart Bangladesh in the coming years removing all darkness and hurdles.