No child will remain on the streets: PM

Badal Saha from Tungipara: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina wants to ensure rehabilitation of all street children in Bangladesh.

“No child will remain on the streets, every child must have a shelter, a home to stay. The children of today will be the leaders of tomorrow. We must ensure a proper upbringing for all of them.”

Sheikh Hasina was addressing a children's rally at Tungipara on Saturday on the occasion of the 99th birthday of Bangabandhu and the National Children's Day-2018.

We have to take steps to give our children a healthy life and ensure their peaceful stay with their parents, so that they don't go astray," she said, urging everybody to give special attention to their children.

Sheikh Hasina said Bangladesh will go ahead with the ideals of the Father of the Nation who dreamt for a hunger and poverty free country and children of present time would turn the dream of Bangabandhu in reality.

She urged the children to study attentively and take advantages and facilities provided by the government for the education to build them as worthy citizens.

The Ministry of Women and Children Affairs and Gopalganj district administration jointly organized the rally of schoolchildren of different educational institutions of Tungipara, the birthplace of Bangabandhu.

State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Meher Afroz Chumki attended the function as the special guest with Arafat Hossain, a student of Class III of SM Government Model Primary School, Gopalganj in the chair.

Priyonti Saha, a student of Class IV of Sonali Swapna Academy, Gopalganj, delivered the welcome addresses.

The premier released a commemorative postage stamp in memory of Sheikh Russel, the youngest son of Bangabandhu. Post and Telecommunications Secretary Shyam Sundar Shikdar and Bangladesh Post Office Director Sushanta Kumar Mandol were present on the occasion.

Sheikh Hasina also unveiled the cover of a children's book on "Amader Chhota Russel Sona". Bangladesh Shishu Academy published the book authored by the Prime Minister. Director of the academy Anzir Liton was present on the occasion.

A video titled "Utbo Jege Chhutbo Bege" was screened on the occasion. The prime minister also opened a book fair and visited a painting exhibition of the children on "Amar Bhabnai 7th March".

Later the prime minister handed over sewing machines to two distressed women of Tungipara and Kotalipara upazila of Gopalganj district.

She also distributed prizes among the children who participated in literary and cultural competitions organized by Gopalganj district administration marking the 98th birth anniversary of Father of the Nation and the National Children's Day.

risingbd/Gopalganj/March 17, 2018/ Badal Saha/Mukul