Nearly Tk 5,000 crore leaves the country every year for drugs: relief minister
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Nearly Tk 5,000 crore goes out of Bangladesh every year for drug use, Disaster Management and Relief Minister Asadul Habib Dulu has said. In his remark, neighbouring countries have set up drug factories in the border areas of Lalmonirhat with the aim of destroying the youth. He also said no drugs are produced in the country; they all enter from neighbouring countries through smuggling.
He said this at a meeting on the ‘Alokito Lalmonirhat’ social movement held on the ground of Sohor Uddin Sarkar Government High School in Hatibandha upazila of Lalmonirhat on Friday night.
The minister said drug use is highest in the country’s border areas, so everyone must work together against it. Calling for a social movement against drugs, gambling, dowry and child marriage, he said the aim of the initiative is to build Lalmonirhat into a model district for the country.
Describing the decay in society, Asadul Habib Dulu said students are now confining teachers and mistreating them. Values, morality, respect and social etiquette have given way to decay. He also said there is an international conspiracy behind the spread of drugs; in his words, a conspiracy is under way to finish off the youth and stop Bangladesh from standing tall.
The meeting was told that a social movement will be built against four offences: drugs, gambling, child marriage and dowry. Prime Minister Tarique Rahman is scheduled to visit Lalmonirhat on 19 November to see the programme.
Deputy commissioner Rashedul Haque Prodhan presided over the meeting, where special guests included Lalmonirhat-1 (Patgram-Hatibandha) MP Barrister Hasan Rajib Prodhan, superintendent of police Md Asaduzzaman, zila parishad administrator AKM Mominul Haque, Hatibandha upazila nirbahi officer Dipjon Mitra and police station officer-in-charge (OC) Motiur Rahman.
Sources
Original report: Ajker Patrika
