People can now go aboard with dignity: PM

Parliament Leader and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that the Awami League government has come to the power through many struggles. The overall development of Bangladesh has happened because the Awami League has come to the government. People's quality of life has improved. The people of Bangladesh can now go aboard with dignity. This has been possible for me, because of many dedicated activists like Abdul Hai.

The Prime Minister said this while addressing a condolence motion at the death of Jhenaidah-1 constituency Abdul Hyee at Jatiya Sangsad (JS) on Thursday.

The premier said Hyee was a good organizer as he had made the strong position for Bangladesh Awami League in an adverse area like Jhenaidah.

She said Abdul Hyee had been elected time and again from such an adverse place like Jhenaidah, which was once a stronghold for terrorists and outlawed parties.

Mentioning that Abdul Hyee was made as the state minister for fisheries and livestock for the 2012-2014 period, she said he served his responsibility with utmost sincerity.

After holding discussion on the motion by a good numbers of lawmakers, the parliament unanimously adopted a condolence motion expressing profound grief at the death of Abdul Hyee and some noted personalities.

Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury moved the condolence motion in the House at the first sitting of the 2nd session of the 12th parliament.

Abdul Hyee, the president of Jhenaidah district unit Awami League, died at the Bumrungrad Hospital in Thailand on March 16 at the age of 78.

Besides, the House expressed deep shock at the death of five former MPs- Shamshul Haque Bhuiyan (Chandpur-4), Abul Hashem (Cumilla-5), Pinu Khan (Women Seat-23), Nazir Hossain (Sunamganj-1) and Mokhlesur Rahman (Rangpur-3).

The parliament also mourned the death of some noted personalities including Ekushey award-winning personality, language veteran, freedom fighter and International Crimes Tribunal's (ICT) chief prosecutor Gholam Arif Tipu, and Ekushey award-winning veteran journalist and Prime Minister's Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim and Ekushey award-winning educationist and AL Awami League advisory council member Pranab Kumar Barua and Freedom Fighter and one of designers of Bangladesh National Flag Shib Narayan Das.

A one-minute silence was observed and a munajat offered seeking the eternal peace to the departed souls. Independent lawmaker Mohammad Husamuddin Chowdhury (Sylhet-5) conducted the munajat.