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Govt aims to ensure equal rights for all: PM

Published : Friday, 1 February, 2019 at 12:00 AM  Count : 769

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina hands over a cheque for Tk 25,000 as scholarship to a girl of a ethnic minority  community at the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) on Thursday.	Photo: BSS

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina hands over a cheque for Tk 25,000 as scholarship to a girl of a ethnic minority community at the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) on Thursday. Photo: BSS

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said the Awami League government aimed to ensure equal rights for all people irrespective of their religions and casts.
He came up with the statement while distributing scholarships among meritorious students of small ethnic groups at the Prime Minister's Office in the capital.
The premier in her first tenure in 1996 initiated the scholarship programme under a project titled 'Development Assistance for the Small Ethnic Communities Living in Plain Land' for the development of minor ethnic communities living in
plain land.
Under the programme, this year some 500 students --320 male and 180 female -- were provided with Tk 25,000 each as scholarships while 20 of them received cheques from the Prime Minister.
In the programme, Sheikh Hasina made a call to the small ethnic community people not to consider themselves neglected as the every citizen of this country has equal rights.
The Prime Minister said the AL government aimed to change the fate of the country's people and give them a decent life and they are working to this end.
The programme was addressed by Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni, PMO Secretary Sajjadul Hassan and Director General (admin) Khalilur Rahman, among others.
PMO Principal Secretary Md Nojibur Rahman chaired the function.
On behalf of the scholarship recipients, A Myat, a Rakhaine community student of Bangladesh University of Textile Engineering (BUET), hailing from Barguna district, also spoke on the occasion.
In the programme, the Prime Minister laid stress on conservation of the diversity of lifestyle of ethnic people. Sheikh Hasina urged the small ethnic groups to uphold their own culture and uniqueness.
She hoped that the participation of the ethnic people in the state affairs will increase in the future.
The scholarship will help the students pursue their higher studies and flourish their talent, she said.
About the natural beauty and demographic diversity of Bangladesh, she said her government has given importance to ethnic people for their socioeconomic development as well as cultural diversity.
Sheikh Hasina said the Awami League government after taking office in 1996 had successfully resolved the unrest in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), creating opportunity for the ethnic people of the region for their economic uplift.
At the same time, her government had considered the socioeconomic development of about 15 lakh ethnic people living in plain land and took various projects to give them support economically, promote their culture and create educational and other occupational opportunities.
Under a project, the Prime Minister's Office has undertaken an educational assistance programme for ethnic minorities living in plain land under which they are getting the scholarship for higher education as well as general education.
The Prime Minister urged the ethnic people to strive for further development of their traditional occupation through using modern technology.









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