UN invites PM for special speech

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been invited to address the United Nations General Assembly next month for Bangladesh’s ‘best performance’ in the health sector. Health Secretary MN Neazuddin addressing 6,151 new doctors on Thursday said the UN has invited Hasina because Bangladesh's health sector had done so well. “Prime Minister was invited to speak in view of our ' best contribution’ in the health sector in the world,” he said. The secretary cited Bangladesh’s earlier achievements that include MDG 4 award for cutting under-5 child deaths, and British medical journal ‘The Lancet’ series on Bangladesh where it termed “striking health success”,according to bdnews24.com.