Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the Election Commission (EC) is totally independent in holding the next general election as the visiting UK’s Minister of State (Indo-Pacific) of Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) Anne-Marie Trevelyan called on her.<\/p>\n
“The EC is totally independent. It will conduct the election,” Prime Minister’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim quoted her as saying in a media briefing after the meeting at Ganabhaban here.<\/p>\n
According to Karim, during the meeting, they discussed different issues including election, Rohingya, Bangladesh’s economic development, Covid-19 pandemic and post-Covid situation.<\/p>\n
About the next general election, the Prime Minister said Bangladesh follows the Westminster-type democracy.<\/p>\n
“Our main goal is the welfare of the people,” she said.<\/p>\n
Regarding the freedom of expression, Sheikh Hasina said the media enjoys total freedom here.<\/p>\n
Once there was only one television channel in the country but her government opened television channels for the private sector, she said.<\/p>\n
Now, there are 24 private TV channels and more TV channels are in the pipeline, she added.<\/p>\n
The UK’s Indo Pacific Minister of state said the next stage of development is very important for Bangladesh on the way of its graduation from the member of a least developed country (LDC).<\/p>\n
Trevelyan said she visited the Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar and appreciated Bangladesh and Sheikh Hasina for providing shelter to the forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals.<\/p>\n
She also praised the administration for handling the recent fire incident in the Rohingya camp in a nice manner.<\/p>\n
In this regard, the Premier said huge new babies are born in the forcibly displaced Rohingya community every year, intensifying the burden further on Bangladesh.<\/p>\n
Mentioning that the Covid-19 pandemic affected the whole world, she said Bangladesh emphasized growing more food and took steps accordingly.<\/p>\n
Ambassador-at-Large Mohammad Ziauddin, Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) Secretary Mohammad Salahuddin and UK High Commissioner to Bangladesh Robert Chatterton Dickson were present.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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