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He gave this instruction while addressing the meeting of the first phase of the 2020 Armed Forces Electoral Board on Monday morning.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina joined the Armed Forces Election Board meeting connecting with the Army Headquarters, Naval Headquarters and Dhaka Cantonment Air Force Headquarters via video conference from Ganobhaban.
The Prime Minister said: “It is very necessary. We will defer other expenses for now. If good times come, we will.”
The head of government said: “We are doing everything we can. So in the budget but we did not give less money. But everyone has to spend a little more when it comes to spending because we have budget allocations but in this economic situation we have to calculate how much money we can raise and how much we can spend from now on.
“I will make that request to everyone, I will also tell my armed forces, three forces. It is also a question of how much we can provide that money.” Unless it is very necessary, we will postpone other expenses for now. If good times come, we will. ”
The Prime Minister said: “Despite Corona, we have given our budget. This budget, but to be honest, I don’t know how much we can do in the future. But what I want to say is that we have given the budget in the same way that we do it very naturally. We have given the budget, we have set a goal. Inside her as much as we can achieve.
“If the global recession continues or worsens, we may not be able to. But I can’t go back because I can’t.”
Sheikh Hasina said, “We will make arrangements, preparations and do everything we can. This is our goal. Our goal in the year of Mujib was to free Bangladesh from poverty. We will achieve 7.2 percent growth in Bangladesh, that was our objetive.
“As of April, we have reached 7.6 percent. But due to the boost from Corona, it has dropped to 5.6 percent. Even then, we have continued our efforts.”
Speaking about increasing reserves even during the epidemic, the Prime Minister said: “Many people think that we cannot maintain reserves. By the grace of God, our reserves have increased. We now have a reserve of 39.4 billion euros. US dollars. Our remittances are also arriving. We have given incentives there. ”
Stating that the government is working properly to ensure food security, Sheikh Hasina said: “Today there is a global economic recession for Corona. There is a food crisis. In that case we are taking some steps because we were very vigilant from the beginning. case, there should be no food shortage in our country.
“We do not have all the means to subsidize agricultural work and agriculture, to cooperate and guarantee food production. On the one hand, we trust that there will be no food crisis. By the grace of God. We will not allow that crisis to happen.”
The Prime Minister said: “Food security is the most important thing. He sleeps on his back while playing on his stomach. We want to guarantee that food security. In addition, we have given various incentive packages to keep the country’s economic activities active ”.
He called on people from all walks of life to grow crops on every inch of land in the country.
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