By Correspondent, The CNN :
Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina announced the manifesto with special priority on 11 issues. He announced the election manifesto at Hotel Sonargaon in the capital on Wednesday (December 27).
Sheikh Hasina said, I can unequivocally say that today’s Bangladesh is a changed Bangladesh. Desperate Bangladesh is moving forward at a fast pace. Bangladesh has been transformed in the last 15 years. Today’s Bangladesh is not poverty-stricken, economically fragile Bangladesh.
Earlier at 10:30 in the morning, the official announcement of the election manifesto started. At the beginning, the convener of the manifesto preparation committee and the presidium of the party gave a welcome speech. Abdur Razzaq. Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader presided over the event. Meanwhile, the top leaders of the party were present at the manifesto announcement ceremony.
The manifesto gives special priority to 11 issues-
- To make every effort to keep the prices within the affordability of all.
- Ensuring vocational education and youth employment.
- Building smart Bangladesh based on modern technology.
- Increased investment in integrated farming systems, mechanization and processing for profitable agriculture.
- Expanding the industry by leveraging visible infrastructure and increasing investment.
- To increase efficiency and capacity in the financial sector including banking.
- Making healthcare affordable for low-income people.
- Inclusion of all in the universal pension system.
- Ensuring effectiveness and accountability of law enforcement.
- To prevent communalism and all forms of terrorism and militancy.
- To promote the protection and practice of democratic system at all levels.
