FE REPORT
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Saturday said the government under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is implementing the visions outlined by Bangabandhu after the country's independence.
In line with the dreams of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the country will achieve all its goals in the coming years, he hoped.
The minister expressed the hope while speaking at a programme organised at Amphitheatre in the city's Hatirjheel, marking the countdown to the birth centenary of Bangabandhu.
The programme was also arranged simultaneously in 491 upazilas of the country.
Terming Bangabandhu a visionary leader, the finance minister said, "The father of the nation had planned everything to take the country ahead, but he couldn't do it for untimely death."
He added: "We are just implementing the visions of Bangabandhu under the able leadership of the prime minister."
Greatest Bangali of all time--Bangabandhu--has gifted the nation an independent Bangladesh, he said. He (Sheikh Mujib) wanted to remove all discrimination between the rich and the poor and the village and the city.
Mr Kamal also said Bangladesh's economy will surpass the economy of Singapore and Malaysia in between 2025 and 2030 and that of Taiwan by 2031.
Bangladesh will become the 24th economy in the world by 2027 and will enter top 20 before 2041, he said.
He claimed that all the predictions he made about the country's economy in last ten years have come true and the success will continue in the coming days.
A cultural programme along with dazzling firework was also arranged on the occasion. Foreign delegates, noted personalities and other invited guests attended the programme.
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