The Hague: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the ongoing development of Bangladesh could not be deterred by any conspiracy or destructive activities.

‘Proper direction and guidance of her government, indomitable working spirit of the people and support of the expatriate nationals would take forward Bangladesh in the coming days and much before 2021 the country would be able to become a middle-income nation, stamping out hunger and poverty,’ Sheikh Hasina added.

‘Bangladesh is progressively moving forward in all sectors and none can ignore Bangladesh now. No conspiracy will work to skid the country off its aspired goal of achieving economic prosperity and social development,’ she emphatically said. The Prime Minister on the last day of her three-day official visit to the Netherlands was addressing a community reception accorded to her by Bangladeshi diaspora at Kurhaus Hotel here last night.

Sheikh Hasina said since independence Bangladesh has been under the conspiracy of military dictators and anti-liberation forces. Despite that people of Bangladesh, whenever they got opportunity, have tried to move ahead and stand keeping their head high. Bangladesh would be a middle-income country by 2021 and a developed one by 2041 braving all intrigues, she said.

Recalling the role of expatriate nationals in Bangladesh’s development, the Prime Minister said they have contribution in all political, economic and social achievements of the country. Expatriates have a major role in current economic development as they send around US$ 27.2 billion remittance a year, she said.