Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud. Photo: Collected
Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud said, there are some groups, including BNP, do not see anything good in their eyes in the country. The foreign minister said these while speaking as the chief guest at a reception and felicitation ceremony for former presidents and general secretaries of the Chattogram Press Club on the occasion of its 62nd foundation anniversary, held at the Chattogram Press Club yesterday (6 June) evening.
"The size of the budget has increased 11.5 times in the last 15 years. Per capita income has increased five and a half times. The size of GDP has increased almost six times. And the number of people living below the poverty line in Bangladesh was 41%. It has come down from there to 18.7%. Extreme poverty was 22%, which has come down to 5.5%," he added.
"If the budget had not benefited the poor, poverty and extreme poverty would not have decreased. People's income has increased five and a half times in dollar terms, even more in taka terms. This has been possible due to the realistic budget formulation and implementation of that budget by the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her government", the foreign minister added.
Messenger/Hasan
