Staff correspondent :<\/p>\n
Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader today said today’s Padma Bridge is the \u201cgolden crop\u201d of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s commitment to the country\u2019s people.<\/p>\n
\u201cHer courage and foresight are our greatest assets. Even in crisis, she goes ahead without fear,\u201d he told a citizens\u2019 rally organised at Mawa end of the Padma Bridge in Munshiganj this afternoon.<\/p>\n
Quader, also the road transport and bridges minister, said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina declared in the national parliament that Bangladesh would build the Padma Bridge with its own finance if the World Bank does not finance in the Padma Bridge project.<\/p>\n
When the first span of the Padma Bridge was installed on September 29 in 2017, Sheikh Hasina was in New York, USA, he said.<\/p>\n
When asked to wait for her to install the first span, Quader said, she told that the work of the Padma Bridge would not stop for a single minute for her.<\/p>\n
He said Sheikh Hasina, daughter of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, took visionary steps to prevent riverbank erosion of the Padma amid strong currents.<\/p>\n
The road transport and bridges minister said they wanted to name the Padma Bridge after Sheikh Hasina, while the demand was raised in parliament too.<\/p>\n
\u201cMany people from all over Bangladesh also raised such demand but Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said that she would not use her name in any way. The bridge will be named after the river Padma,\u201d Quader said.<\/p>\n
\u201cYour name (Sheikh Hasina) has been mixed with the Padma Bridge. As long as the Padma Bridge remains, Sheikh Hasina’s name will be uttered with pride,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The minister said Sheikh Hasina moves forward fearlessly even in the crisis and she never bows down to anyone.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe (Sheikh Hasina) made us more proud, brought the nation out of poverty and removed darkness,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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