Prime Minister lauds Mashrafe
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|| CF Correspondent ||
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has praised former cricket captain Mashrafe Mortaza for his relentless work to prevent the spread of the deadly coronavirus in his hometown Narail.
The premier gave him the praise while addressing a videoconference from Ganabhaban with government officials from 16 districts under Khulna and Barishal divisions on Sunday.
“You (Mashrafe) are doing well,” PM Sheikh Hasina was quoted during midst of the video conference.
“Keep up the good work for the betterment of Narail,” she said.
Mashrafe, also lawmaker from Narail-2 constituency, has taken a strong initiative for the fight against coronavirus in the country.
In the midst of the video conference, Sheikh Hasina asked Mashrafe whether he had anything to say by providing a chance to say anything about the constituency.
“I think Narail is doing well, do our Mashrafe wants to say something. Honourable Member of Parliament and our cricket player,” the PM remarked and later Mashrafe took the microphone and expressed his words.
“First of all, in the name of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, I want to thank you for joining us here. I am very new here. My senior leaders are present here - the general secretary of District Awami League and the chairman of Zila Council and also Narail-1 MP Kabirul Haque Mukti, civil sergeant, caretaker, RMO, army commanding officer, commissioner of district and police super,” said Mashrafe.
“I won’t take much time. But still I will mention the activities that the committee have taken from every union. There are 22-23 people in each committee. I hope who really deserve the relief, they will get it. And this is being administrated by the district administrator. The police super is also working hard. I want to thank Bangladesh Police for their contribution. They are working very hard and it’s same in Narail,” he said.
“The Honourable Prime Minister, you will always have the Member of Parliament from Narail-1. You have always looked closely on Narail. You have already sent a letter to improve the infrastructure of Narail Hospital. The work is under process to set up a 250-bed hospital for patients but for now, the construction work has been suspended. If you take steps to set up an ICU here, then we believe we will be able to deal with the crisis,” he said.
“Another thing, I want to mention is that we have been getting 900 kgs rice through dealers, but now it has come down to 300 kgs. Maybe, it could be a technical decision. There are many poor people living here. If you consider the number of people living here, then those will be benefited. And finally I want to thank you for all the efforts,” he said.
The PM assured that it will be met in the coming days and said that they (Mashrafe and Mukti) are doing good jobs at this moment.
“For now, we are providing T-R, Kabikhar, age relief, - all together. It won’t be cut short so that it doesn’t go at the same time. It will be provided. We will provide it in another batch. So, it will be sent to divisions separately,” said Mashrafe.
Mashrafe thanked the PM for her cooperation, saying that they are aware that the decision will benefit the people of Narail.
“Yes honourable PM, your decision is final for us. We hope that we, the people of Narail, will be good with your decision.”
Mashrafe has set up disinfector chamber at Narail Sadar Hospital gate through his Narail Express Foundation recently and also expressed that he will soon set up a disinfectant chamber at Lohagara sub-district Health Complex and for the police force who are working day and night for the safety of people in his constitutional area.
Earlier, Mashrafe supported 1200 people by providing food items in his consistency while he also contributed 500 PPE to the medical officer and also introduced mobile ambulance to help the people who are afraid to visit the hospital.
