Maritime resources to be used properly: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wednesday said Bangladesh has been able to gain its due rights from India with the maritime boundary verdict and assured of taking steps to properly utilise the maritime resources for the betterment of the country's people, reports UNB.

"We've been able to establish our rights in the bay through realising our just share from India. We'll be able to properly utilise the marine resources for the betterment of the country's people, Inshallah," she said.

The Prime Minister said this while addressing the annual conference of the Bangladesh Administrative Service Association (BASA) held at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre here in the afternoon. She also joined an Iftar party there.

State Minister for Public Administration Ismat Ara Sadeq and Cabinet Secretary M Musharraf Hossain Bhuiyan spoke on the occasion.