Hasina rules out Lanka-like crisis in Bangladesh

Bangladesh will never face an economic crisis like Sri Lanka as the government has been developing the country in a planned way, said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday.

“There is no use of making false accusations against us. Bangladesh will never become Sri Lanka. It can’t be,” she said.

The premier was addressing a commemorative meeting organised jointly by Awami League’s Dhaka north and south city units at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre to mark the National Mourning Day of August 15.

Hasina, who is also the president of the ruling Awami League, said every development project is taken considering its economic return in the country.

“Before taking every development plan, we think how it will help benefit the country and its people once it is completed. We don’t at all think about getting a large amount of money as commission from a big project,” she said.

“Sheikh Hasina doesn’t take any project thinking in this way (to get money as commission),” she added.

The PM said Bangladesh has been repaying the foreign debts in time.

“The amount of our debts is not so high that we would fall in [the debt] trap of anyone,” she said.

The premier also asked all to prevent wastage and rather exercise austerity in the use of every item including electricity, water and fuels as the USA would not let this Russia-Ukraine war stop soon.

She said this war will not stop until the next US election and the world might witness a deeper crisis in the days to come.

Hasina asked the people to grow more crops and other foods in Bangladesh to prevent any food crisis.