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Govt ready to build Padma bridge with own resources: PM

UNB, Dhaka
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said there was a political game over construction of the Padma bridge, but her government overcoming all obstacles had completed all works to begin the construction of its main part with the country's own resources.
She asked the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) to form a team with local engineers and experts for designing and constructing the country's big structures like bridges and tunnels.
She also stressed the importance of utilising the expertise of Bangladeshi professionals instead of depending on foreign engineers and experts, as local experts understand the country, its people and its weather pattern better.
"We need to change the mindset of depending on foreigners and foreign aids, as the country's dignity must be upheld by standing on our own feet," she said, while formally inaugurating the 55th convention of the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) on the IEB Bhaban premises.
The theme of this year's convention is "Engineers for Development: Towards a Safer Environment".
Nearly 5,000 engineers from home and abroad are participating in the five-day long convention that began on Thursday.
Hasina assured that her government would provide all sorts of cooperation and support to make engineering education a time-befitting one to keep pace with globalisation.
I lasina voiced her firm optimism that the country would move towards progress and prosperity in a faster way utilisingengineers' expertise.
Elaborating various steps of her government taken for the welfare of the engineers, Sheikh Hasina said about 10-bigha land and Tk 5 crore had been given for their institution during 1996-2001, while Tk 23 crore more was provided at the fag end of her immediate past government. The prime minister said her government had formulated a time-befitting and modern National Education Policy, giving due importance to science, technology and ICT to build a science and technology-based society.
Hasina highlighted her government's tremendous success of constructing a number of flyovers and overpasses in Dhaka and Chittagong, and said engineers had a pivotal role in constructing these structures.
At the function, former vice chancellor of Buet and Professor Emeritus of the University of Asia-Pacific Engineer Dr Abdul Matin Patuary was given the Cold Medal of the IEB 2013. The PM also conferred the degree of AMIEB upon 50 diploma engineers, and distributed certificates among 42.