No poor to be in Bangladesh after 3yrs, says Muhith

Observing that the main objective of the Awami League government is to ensure people’s welfare, finance minister AMA Muhith on Sunday said there would be no poor in Bangladesh after three years.

‘The poverty rate has slid down to 22 per cent due to various development programmes taken by the government. There will be no poor in the country after three years,’ he said.

The minister was speaking at the opening session of a five-day workshop on ‘Strategy to check import of fake and adulterated goods’ at the conference of Grand Sultan Tea Resort and Golf in Srimangal.

The National Board of Revenue and World Customs Organisation jointly organised the workshop.

Muhith, however, said there always remains 10-14 per cent poverty in any country.

He also said the government would continue to provide assistance to them.

The minister said the NBR has to play an active role in implementing the big national budget.

Social welfare minister Syed Mohsin Ali, Shamsunnahar Sahana, MP and Abdul Munim Chowdhury Babu, MP, among others, spoke at the opening session with NBR chairman M Nojibur Rahman in the chair.

NBR member Farid Uddin presented the keynote paper at the workshop being participated by a total of 36 officials from NBR, commerce ministry, Export Promotion Bureau, Copyright Office and FBCCI. (Source: New Age, August 3, 2015)