BANGLADESH NEWS
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday urged the youth of the nation to come forward and take the role of entrepreneurs to build a hunger- and poverty-free Bangladesh.
"The mentality of the youth nowadays is to get a job anyhow. But if they become entrepreneurs, then they can create job opportunities even for their neighbours and other people," she said.
The Prime Minister was speaking at the inauguration ceremony marking the National Youth Day 2012 at the Osmani Memorial Auditorium here in the morning.
Mentioning the young generation's contribution to the War of Independence, Hasina said, "The youth fought with arms and freed the country. Now the war is against poverty. The youth can definitely build a hunger- and poverty-free Bangladesh."
She also urged the younger generation to stay away from drugs and terrorism to become self-reliant in order to build an independent Bangladesh.
"We all must be aware so that we don't step in a wrong direction and get involved in drug addiction and anti-social activities."
Hasina said, "We have become old. Our time is nearing end. The youth are the future. They have to build the country. So they have to build themselves that way."
Mentioning various developmental activities of the Department of Youth Development, she said the Department had so far trained nearly four million youth, and of them, nearly two million had become self-reliant entrepreneurs creating employment opportunities for others.
She also handed over the National Youth Award 2012 to 15 male and female young entrepreneurs who have started their own projects after taking training at the Department of Youth Development.
State Minister for Youth and Sports Ahad Ali Sarkar and Youth and Sports Secretary Noor Muhammad also addressed the function, among others.
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