‘Country’s economy moving ahead swiftly’

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has said Bangladesh’s economy is moving ahead swiftly. As a result, new employment opportunities are being created.

He hopes, “People of this country will be covered by 100 percent employment within 2030. The county would be one of the first 20 economically developed countries by 2041.”

The Minister was addressing a function to distribute educational equipment to students of different schools at the National Museum in the capital marking the 73rd birth anniversary of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Sheikh Russell Jatiya Shishu-Kishore Parishad organised the function.

Founding Chairman of the Parishad M Roqibur Rahman chaired the event, also addressed, among others, by State Minister for ICT Junaid Ahmed Palak, Mahmud us Samad Chowdhury MP, Bangladesh Economic Association General Secretary and Janata Bank Chairman Jamaluddin Ahmed.

The Finance Minister said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina often suggest that he make necessary arrangement so that at least one member of every family of farmers, potters, workers, blacksmiths, handloom workers, get employment.

“I believe that by 2030, every capable person of the country would come under cent percent employment,” he added.

Mentioning that the current poverty rate in the country is 21 percent, Kamal said the government aims to alleviate this rate to between 0 and 3 percent by 2030.

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