Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (June 11) said no one can pull Bangladesh back again if the country's children are given the opportunity to flourish their talent.

She said: "If we give the opportunity to develop the talent of our children, no one can take this country back again."

The premier was addressing the opening ceremony of the distribution of stipends, tuition fees, and awards among insolvent and meritorious students at the Prime Minister's office in the capital.

She mentioned that her government has given stipends to increase research and innovation, saying "Our children are very much meritorious and the stipend, given to the students to develop their talent, would contribute to our socioeconomic development."
 
"We are putting the highest emphasis on it," she added.
 
The Prime Minister said Bangabandhu Creative Talent Search is a great initiative for the flourish of talent from where a good number of talented children are being nurtured.
 
"Today, our children have got the opportunity to flourish their talent and now their innovative power is being bloomed," she said, adding "None can take the country back, pull the country into darkness."

Referring to the speeches delivered by several students at the event, Sheikh Hasina said, "I am really optimistic that none can take this country backwards anymore."
 
Sheikh Hasina said her government is successfully able to keep the higher educational institutions freed from session jam and armed violence. There was a session-jam for 6-8 years and the regular clatter of arms in educational institutions in the past, she said.
 
"Our literacy rate has risen to 75 percent and we've been able to ensure food security," she said.
 
The event was arranged to inaugurate the distribution of stipends and tuition fees among the insolvent and meritorious students from secondary to graduation (pass) and its equivalent institutions, as well as to confer the awards to the most talented students of Bangabandhu Srijanshil Mridha Oneshan-2023 (Bangabandhu Creative Talent Search-2023) and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Scholarship Award-2022.
 
With Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni in the chair, Deputy Minister for Education Mohibul Hassan Chowdhury also spoke as special guest on the occasion.
 
BDST: 1534 HRS, JUNE 11, 2023
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