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Hasina urges youths to avoid drugs

UNB, Dhaka
Urging the youths to stay away from the destructive path of drug addiction, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday hoped that they would devote themselves to nation building upholding the ideals of morality, honesty, patriotism and humanity.
In this regard, the premier recalled the contributions of the youths to various movements, including the country's Liberation War, and said the nation would never forget their sacrifices.
The youths with their intense willpower and uncontainable mental force can bring forth massive socio-economic and political changes, she said, addressing a function on the occasion of National Youth Day in the capital's Osmani Memorial Auditorium.
Calling upon them to stand on their own feet and not rely on others, the premier noted that the youths were the main driving force of the country and they would lead the nation in the future. "All have to remain alert so that they (youths) don't go to the wrong path."
She went on saying, "Ouryouthsare
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FROM PAGE 5 hardworking ....there's a need for imparting education, training and creating opportunities for them, which the present government has been doing. Through this, our youths will be more motivated."
In checking drug addiction, Hasina stressed that family members, teachers and guardians alongside religious leaders and Imams, Muajjins through their preaching would have to play their due role in creating awareness among the youths against this menace.
Noting that a country could prosper and develop if its youths were properly educated and trained, she said the youth forces would have to build the country utilising their talents.
Mentioning that the recent ODI series win against New Zealand has been possible due to the contributions of the country's young cricketers, the prime minister hoped that Bangladesh would also be able to clinch the cricket World Cup some day.
She underscored the need for winning the war against poverty where the youth force would have to play an important role.
Hasina also called upon all, including the youths, to put their all-out efforts for building a Bangladesh free from hunger, poverty, illiteracy and communalism and turn it into a middle-income nation by 2021 when the country would be observing its golden jubilee of independence.
Hasina said whenever her party formed government it gave priority to the development of youths as it believed that the real development of the country was not possible without their proper and effective involvement.
She mentioned that the Department of Youth Development has so far provided training to over 40.46 lakh youths on various trades and about 19.95 lakh of them have become self-reliant alongside creating employment opportunities for others.
Underscoring the need for massive involvement of youths in creating selfemployment to build a poverty and hunger-free Digital Bangladesh by 2021, the prime minister asked them to be self-reliant availing themselves of the exist-
ing facilities of collateral-free loan up to one lakh.
Later, the prime minister distributed prizes among 15 successful youths who created employment opportunities for themselves and for others.