Sheikh Hasina

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Bangladesh always stands by Palestine: PM

She said this to the ambassador of Palestine when the ambassadors of 14 OIC countries met at Ganabhaban on Wednesday evening. The meeting started at Ganabhaban at 7 pm. Prime Minister's Deputy Press Secretary Hasan Zahid Tushar confirmed this information.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has directed to send emergency medical care and medicine to thousands of people who were injured in the bomb attack on the hospital in Palestine. She gave this instruction by calling Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Wednesday afternoon.

Zahid Maleque said this in a discussion meeting on the occasion of Sheikh Russel Day at the Secretariat. The health minister requested the secretary of the health care department Jahangir Alam, who was present at the meeting, to take urgent action by taking the directives of the prime minister seriously.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reiterated her call to world leaders to stop war and arms race for the welfare of mankind and strongly condemned the killing of innocent people including women and children in the recent attack on a hospital in Gaza.

He said, "We saw the killing of people and children and the bloodied faces of children by bombing hospitals in Gaza yesterday. I call on world leaders to stop the war and the arms race."

Sheikh Hasina also said that war and arms race can never bring welfare to mankind instead of destruction. Women and children suffer the most in war. Let the money from the arms race be spent on the welfare of children around the world.

On the occasion of the 60th birthday of Sheikh Russel, the youngest son of the Father of the Nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the Prime Minister was the chief guest at the 'Sheikh Russel Day-2023' and distribution of 'Sheikh Russel Medal-2023' and 'Smart Bangladesh Medal-2023' among the winners in various categories. She said this in her speech. She awarded 'Sheikh Russel Medal and Smart Bangladesh Medal' to the winners.

The event was jointly organized by the Sheikh Russel National Shishu Kishor Parishad and the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Department of the government at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre.