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PM says president to remain till tenure ends

UNB, Moulvibazar
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia yesterday made it clear that the president was elected "without anybody's mercy" and will remain in his position till the end of his tenure.
She asserted government position in an oblique reference to opposition demand for changes in the nonparty caretaker government system, in which the president and the chief adviser of the interim government run the administration during the election period.
The prime minister reaffirmed that election would be heldin due time under the caretaker government as prescribedin the constitution.
She said the opposition calculated that they cannot come to power in the next election and "that's why they are conspiring" against the polls.
The prime minister made her FROM PAGE 1
statement at a public meeting at Moulvibazar Government High School ground after the inauguration of gas extraction from the Moulvibazar field.
Presided over by M Naser Rahman MP, the meeting was also addressed by Finance Minister M Saifur Rahman, State Minister for Energy and Mineral Resources AKM Mosharraf Hossain, Prime Minister's Political Secretary Harris Chowdhury and former state minister Ebadur Rahman.
The prime minister said people want progress, peace and environment for doing business and education of their children. They are "fed up with the opposition party's politics".
The prime minister said it has again proved that BNP is not only a successful political party, but also a successful government.
Criticising the main opposition for their "anti-development" activities and "false propaganda" both at home and abroad, she said communal harmony is prevailing in the country with people of all faiths living peacefully and performing their religious activities.
Listing her government's various development activities the prime minister said foreigners remarked that a 'silent revolution' has taken place in education and health sectors and many could learn from Bangladesh.
Earlier in the day, the prime minister inaugurated Moulvibazar gas field, terming it a milestone on the road to higher stages of development of the country to fulfil people's long-cherished desire.
She urged people to stand united in the struggle for economic emancipation as they did in the struggle for independence in 1971.
The new gas field, developed by Unocal Bangladesh in 18 months time, will produce 70 mmcfd initially.
With the beginning of production in the Moulvibazar field country's total gas production reached 1,470 mmcfd that exceeds the total domestic demand for about 1,450 mmcfd.
The US-based international oil company, Unocal, has developed the field under a Gas Purchase and Sales Agreement (GPSA) signed with Petrobangla, the state-owned hydrocarbon agency.
Some 50 percent of the gas produced in the country is consumed in power generation while the rest goes for manufacturing fertilizer, fuelling transport, and commercial and domestic usage.
The prime minister said, "The valuable gas resources are playing an important role in the industrial and economical development of the country."
She said the government has planned to expand the gas network to Rajshahi and Khulna cities.