Govt regaining nation’s image abroad: PM

UNB, Dhaka :
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said her government is determined to take forward the country facing all odds, including the political trouble.
“Political disturbance has become a common phenomenon in the country; we have to continue our works facing this trouble. We’re doing our jobs keeping this challenge in our mind…we’re surely doing that,” she said.
The Prime Minister said this while delivering her speech when a delegation of Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) met her at her office.
SEC chairman Prof Dr M Khairul Hossain led the delegation. Commissioners of the regulatory body Prof Md Helal Uddin Nizami, Md Amzad Hossain, Arif Khan and Md A Salam Sikder were among the delegation members. The Prime Minister said that the last three months of the last year were very much bad for the country’s economy. “We passed a very bad time from October to December last year. We’re working hard to get ourselves out from that bad patch,” she said.
Sheikh Hasina said, after assuming office this time her government engaged its all-out efforts for the welfare of the economic development of the country. “Due to our steps, we’re expecting that we’ll surely be able to maintain the
targeted GDP growth,” she said.
Hasina said, that her government regained its positive image before the international community that was damaged by the previous BNP-Jamaat government through terrorism, money laundering and looting.
The SEC delegation apprised the Prime Minister about the recognition of International Organization of Securities Commissions to the SEC by upgrading it to Grade-A category from Grade-B in December last.
Hasina said the organisation performed its due role in achieving the Grade-A in the world ranking of the IOSCO. She said the recognition of IOSCO paved the way for further boosting foreign investment in Bangladesh as well as boosting the self-confidence of the SEC about its functional capability.