Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said Bangladesh set an instance of religious harmony in the world as her government wants to pull the country forward taking the people of all religious faiths.
“We want our country to move forward. In Bangladesh, our journey for advancement is with the people of different religious faiths,” she said.
The premier said while exchanging pleasantries with the country’s Buddhist religious leaders and eminent personalities of Buddhist community on the Buddha Purnima, the biggest religious festival of the Buddhist community, at Ganabhaban here.
Buddha Purnima marks the birth, enlightenment and death of Gautama Buddha.
Sheikh Hasina said Bangladesh has set an example in the whole world by observing all festivals of the different religions together and building the country in a non-communal spirit.
She said many people tried to take Bangladesh to a different path but they couldn’t.
“Bangladeshi people are very generous. We love to walk together. That’s how we go ahead,” she added.
Sheikh Hasina mentioned that her government wants to pull the country ahead further.বিস্তারিত