nal passport offices over a videoconference with the officials at Lakshmipur from her official residence Ganabhaban. “You have to serve the people being servants of the people. Our target is to serve the people,” she told the officials. MRP passport was introduced in Bangladesh in 2010. The government has so far set up 34 offices in 31 districts while 48 missions abroad also issue MRPs to the expatriate Bangladeshis. Till now, some 90 lakh people received MRPs. The government has taken a move to set up passport offices in the rest of the districts and as part of the effort, regional passport offices was set up in Laxmipur, Madaripur, Shariatpur, Rajbari and Noagaon under a pilot project. These offices will now be able to issue MRPs. Of the 33 regional passport offices, officials said, Lakshmipur, Madaripur, Shariatpur, Rajbari and Naogaon offices could issue MRPs from now on, while remaining 28 offices would be able to provide such services soon. While inaugurating the operation of the regional offices for issuing MRPs, the premier said passport offices would be set up in the rest of the districts in phases. “Now people will get the passport from their localities,” she said. Terming passport a very important document for citizens, she said her government took the initiatives to provide digital and machine-readable passports to them to ensure a more convenient lifestyle for them. The premier said her government has been working to advance the country forward maintaining the spirit of independence. The PM said she wants to make distressed people happy as it was the dream of the father of the nation. She also announced to bring down to number of homeless people to a zero. “Even a single individual will not be homeless,” she said, while exchanging views with the home affairs state minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal and local lawmakers through the video conference. “It is our decision that every one will get a home for living,” she said, asking the lawmakers to prepare a list of the landless people in Lakshmipur. “Make a list...people who do not have houses, we will build houses for them,” she said. The junior home minister on behalf of the local lawmakers thanked the premier for taking a project of Tk 200 crore to prevent river erosion at Ramgati in Lakshmipur. Kamal said Lakshmipur has made huge progress. “The law and order situation has improved a lot under the guidance of the premier,” he said. Director of the MRP Project Brigadier General Masud Redwan gave a short description of the activities of the project while State Minister for Home Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal and local MPs spoke from Lakshmipur during the videoconference. PM’s Principal Secretary Abdus Sobhan Sikder, Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs Dr. Md. Mozammel Haque Khan, PM’s Press Secretary AKM Shameem Chowdhury and special assistant to the PM Mahbubul Hoque Shakil were among others present at the Ganabhaban.
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
PM stresses hassle-free delivery of MRPs:Daily Sun
nal passport offices over a videoconference with the officials at Lakshmipur from her official residence Ganabhaban. “You have to serve the people being servants of the people. Our target is to serve the people,” she told the officials. MRP passport was introduced in Bangladesh in 2010. The government has so far set up 34 offices in 31 districts while 48 missions abroad also issue MRPs to the expatriate Bangladeshis. Till now, some 90 lakh people received MRPs. The government has taken a move to set up passport offices in the rest of the districts and as part of the effort, regional passport offices was set up in Laxmipur, Madaripur, Shariatpur, Rajbari and Noagaon under a pilot project. These offices will now be able to issue MRPs. Of the 33 regional passport offices, officials said, Lakshmipur, Madaripur, Shariatpur, Rajbari and Naogaon offices could issue MRPs from now on, while remaining 28 offices would be able to provide such services soon. While inaugurating the operation of the regional offices for issuing MRPs, the premier said passport offices would be set up in the rest of the districts in phases. “Now people will get the passport from their localities,” she said. Terming passport a very important document for citizens, she said her government took the initiatives to provide digital and machine-readable passports to them to ensure a more convenient lifestyle for them. The premier said her government has been working to advance the country forward maintaining the spirit of independence. The PM said she wants to make distressed people happy as it was the dream of the father of the nation. She also announced to bring down to number of homeless people to a zero. “Even a single individual will not be homeless,” she said, while exchanging views with the home affairs state minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal and local lawmakers through the video conference. “It is our decision that every one will get a home for living,” she said, asking the lawmakers to prepare a list of the landless people in Lakshmipur. “Make a list...people who do not have houses, we will build houses for them,” she said. The junior home minister on behalf of the local lawmakers thanked the premier for taking a project of Tk 200 crore to prevent river erosion at Ramgati in Lakshmipur. Kamal said Lakshmipur has made huge progress. “The law and order situation has improved a lot under the guidance of the premier,” he said. Director of the MRP Project Brigadier General Masud Redwan gave a short description of the activities of the project while State Minister for Home Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal and local MPs spoke from Lakshmipur during the videoconference. PM’s Principal Secretary Abdus Sobhan Sikder, Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs Dr. Md. Mozammel Haque Khan, PM’s Press Secretary AKM Shameem Chowdhury and special assistant to the PM Mahbubul Hoque Shakil were among others present at the Ganabhaban.
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