Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said the government will march Bangladesh towards the developed nation taking the women folks with it, reports BSS.
"In 2026, Bangladesh will complete the final graduation of developing nation, we will advance further, we are planning all our developing programmes keeping that in our mind, we will advance more taking women folks with us," she said.
The Prime Minister said this while a delegation of council of patrons of the Asian University of Women (AUW) called on her at her Sangsad Bhaban office in Dhaka.
Chancellor of the University Cherie Blair led the team.
Prime Minister's Speech Writer Md. Nazrul Islam briefed reporters after the call on.
The Prime Minister mentioned that the prime task of her government is to ensure overall development of the country including food, education and healthcare for all.
In this regard, she asked the AUW representatives to provide that educational curriculum which will make them entrepreneurs and skilled to build them as human resources to face the challenges that are coming in future.
"Not only the general education, but provide the education which will make them skilled, not create unemployed," she said.
Sheikh Hasina mentioned that she donated the land for the university.
"Women education is essential for development for any country," she said.
Sheikh Hasina briefly described various programmes of her government during her tenures.
While the issue of Afghanistan came during the meeting, the Prime Minister said that there is no scope to stop the education for the women in the name of Islam.
She also mentioned that Islam always patronises the equal rights of man and women.
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