Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday told the parliament that the government has started a process to collect additional $ 1 billion as budgetary support to tackle down future emergency situation, including economic crisis emerged due to the Russia-Ukraine war.<\/p>\n
The prime minister revealed it in a tabled written answer while responding to a question from ruling party lawmaker Md Mozaffar Hossain from Jamalpur-5 constituency during her question-answer session.<\/p>\n
This budget support will be spend in the stimulus package for industries, factories, trading organisations, small and medium entrepreneurs as well as social safety net, she said.<\/p>\n
Besides, a process is on to collect $ 500 million as budgetary support to tackle the economic crisis due to the Covid-19 pandemic under the programme, she added.<\/p>\n
The prime minister said her government is carrying out their relentless efforts to implement the Sustainable Development Goals as declared by the United Nations with various plans for well-planned socio-economic development and employment opportunities of the people.<\/p>\n
Replying to a question from Md Shahiduzzaman Sarker from Naogaon-2 constituency, Sheikh Hasina said so far 3,552,340 homeless people have been rehabilitated across the country.<\/p>\n
She said all the landless and homeless families of the country will be rehabilitated gradually through construction of houses.<\/p>\n
She added that home construction activities for the homeless will be continued across the country.<\/p>\n
She continued, “Landless-homeless-rootless people are being rehabilitated even procuring land where proper khash land is not found.\u201d<\/p>\n
The prime minister said that her government is committed to the word “no place to stay” for forever.<\/p>\n
She said Bangladesh is being enriched as a whole by transforming the settled families and their future generations into human resources.<\/p>\n
In response to another question from AKM Rahmatullah of the ruling party from Dhaka-11 constituency, she said the production of food grains in the country in 2009 was 33.8 million (3.38 crore) tonnes.<\/p>\n
At present, she said, the production has increased to 45.3 million (4.53 crore) tonnes.<\/p>\n
Currently, Bangladesh ranks third in the world in rice and vegetable production, 7th in mango and potato production, 4th in tea production and first among 11 hilsa producing countries, she added.<\/p>\n
Replying to another question from Mamtaz Begum of the ruling party from Manikganj-2 constituency, she said at present 43 districts of the country are under the railway network.<\/p>\n
If the ongoing railway projects are implemented, 19 more districts will come under the railway network, she added.<\/p>\n
She went on saying that the remaining four districts will also come under the railway network after the completion of the 30-year master plan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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