Refrain from amassing illegal wealth
Hasina urges party men
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina addresses a reception in her honour in New York on Sunday. Photo: PID
Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina at a reception in New York urged the party men to live honest lives instead of amassing illegal wealth “like the family members of Khaleda Zia.” “You will not take your wealth to the grave. You will leave this world either with fame or with a bad name. “Money and wealth cannot be the only target. Rather, what you have given to the masses will be counted,” said the prime minister. The reception was held following a council of USA AL at the ballroom of Hotel Hilton on Sunday afternoon. Money laundering by the “son of the opposition leader was not unveiled by the government, rather a US federal court investigated and found that her son smuggled out a huge amount of money from Bangladesh,” she said. She reiterated that the ongoing drives against corruption and terrorism would continue and said the war criminals would certainly be tried according to the demand of the masses. She urged people to remain alert about any “destructive attempts and politics” of the Opposition in Parliament BNP and its ally Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami. “When the country is progressing and the government started trying the war criminals, BNP is calling hartals and Jamaat cadres are creating panic among the masses by vandalising cars,” said Hasina. She said the country's people must not allow any loss to the national economy due to “destructive programmes” like hartal. “Jamaat will never be allowed to carry out destructive activities.” Hasina urged expatriate Bangladeshis to come forward and invest at home as they are being given various facilities on priority basis. Considering the demand of the expatriates, she said the government is going to procure a new aircraft by this October or November to restart the Dhaka-New York flight. She also requested the expatriates not to do anything which might tarnish the country's image abroad. The elected presidents and secretaries at the council are Dr Siddiqur Rahman and Sajjadur Rahman Sajjad of AL, USA unit, Commander Nurunnabi and Emdad Chowdhury of NY city unit and Mujibur Rahman Miah and Shahin Azmol of NY State AL respectively.
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