HR situation improves in country: Mannan

Planning Minister MA Mannan said on Tuesday that the overall human rights (HR) situation in the country has improved a lot over the years as the Awami League government has put due priority to fulfill the basic rights of people alongside protecting human rights, reports BSS.
"We want to establish and maintain human rights in our country and there is no doubt about that. There is no alternative to protecting human rights and that is why we had fought for it during our War of Liberation," he said.
The minister was addressing a National Dialogue on the "UN guiding principles on business and human rights" held at a city hotel.
Ministry of Labour and Employment Secretary Afroza Khan, UNDP Resident Representative Sudipto Mukherjee, former FBCCI President Kazi Akram Uddin Ahmed and Commerce Ministry Additional Secretary Tapan Kanti Ghosh spoke at the dialogue as special guests.