Work hard to achieve desired goal: PM to researchers

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday urged the researchers and students of the country to work hard and with utmost responsibility to achieve the desired goal as financial grants for researches and fellowships are awarded to them from the taxpayers’ money. “Due to the resource constraints, allocation of fund in various sectors is being made on priority basis. The financial grants for researches and fellowships are being provided to them from the taxpayers’ money. So, I’ll urge the researchers and students of the country to work hard and with utmost responsibility to achieve the desired goal,” she said. The Prime Minister was addressing a function, marking the distribution of cheques of Bangabandhu Fellowship, National Science & Technology Fellowship and financial grants to researchers and students, at Osmani Memrial Auditorium in the city. State Minister for Science and Technology Yeafesh Osman presided over the function organized by the Ministry of Science and Technology. Acting Secretary of the Ministry AKM Amir Hossain gave the welcome address, according to UNB.