Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said continuity of her ruling Awami League (AL) in state power made visible the country’s uplift and urged the party leaders and workers to supplement the government efforts to change the people’s lot. “Since Awami League’s landslide victory in 2008 (general) elections, we remain in the government for three consecutive terms,” she said addressing a joint meeting of the AL Central Working Committee and Advisory Council here last afternoon. Sheikh Hasina, who is also the ruling Awami League’s president, said, “The country’s development is being visible and the people’s lot is being changed due to  the continuation of our government”. “Every leader and worker of the party will have to move with the ideology of Father of the Nation. We’ll build a hunger-and-poverty-free Sonar Bangla as dreamt by Bangabandhu Insha Allah,” she said. The premier said her government was working tirelessly so the people in grassroots and those who lived in rural areas get the benefits of all achievements.

Mentioning that the main aim of the Awami League government is to change the luck of the countrymen, she said “We’re working and will continue to do it to achieve the goal”. “We’ve attained high growth rate and we’re in strong position economically  . . . we’ll continue our drives against terrorism, militancy and corruption,” she said.