PM hopes Bangladesh will win UNESCO-Bangabandhu award in future

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today told the
parliament that one day Bangladesh’s organization would definitely get the
“UNESCO-Bangladesh Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman International Prize on
Creative Economy”.

Taking part in a special discussion on a thanksgiving motion under Rule
147 placed by Principal Md. Abdus Shahid, MP, to express gratitude to UNESCO, she
said that it was a great honour for Bangladeshi people as the UN body named
the prize after the Father of the Nation.

“We want young people of Bangladesh to come up and work like Uganda’s MoTIV
Creations Limited. I believe one of the Bangladeshi organizations will get
the prize one day,” she added.

The parliament later unanimously adopted the motion by voice vote with
Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair.

Sheikh Hasina, also the Leader of the House said the Bangladeshi youths
will come forward like Uganda’s MoTIV Creations Limited which has got the
maiden prize for their contribution to the creative economy and has been
working to boost talent and creativity of their youths in generating
employment.

“We have taken a startup programme mainly to create scope for the young
generation of Bangladesh,” she said.

The prime minister said her government has been creating the scope for the
young people to flourish their talents and creativity.

Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni, MP, Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen,
MP, Deputy Leader of the House GM Quader, MP, Amir Hossain Amu, MP, Begum
Matia Chowdhury, MP, Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim, MP, State Minister for
Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Zunaid Ahmed Palak, MP, Nurul
Islam Nahid, MP, Rashed Khan Menon, MP, Md. Moshiur Rahman Ranga, MP, Mujibul
Haque Chunnu, MP, Fakhrul Imam, MP, Harunur Rashid, MP, Dr Rustam Ali Farazi,
MP, Kazi Nabil, MP, and Washika Ayesha Khan, MP, took part in the special
discussion.