Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud today said completion of the much-awaited Padma Bridge has stopped the mouth of Dr Muhammad Yunus and others, who hatched conspiracy against the mega project construction.
"After completion of Padma Bridge, Dr Yunus and others, who hatched conspiracy against Padma Bridge and make bigger comments and make exhortation centering world recession and Coronavirus pandemic, stop talking," he said.
Hasan, also Awami League Joint General Secretary, was replying to journalists before joining the golden jubilee celebration of the country's independence by Bangladesh Abrittishilpi Sangsad at the Cox's Bazar cultural centre.
Not only BNP but also Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) and those who opposed Padma Bridge construction are now suffering from jealous after the end of Padma Bridge construction, he said.
"Showing respect to my much senior Dr Muhammad Yunus, I am saying that he (Yunus) had written letter to the World Bank through Hillary Clinton so that it doesn't finance in Padma Bridge and had made the ill efforts," he said.
" . . .by constructing Padma Bridge with own fund after eliminating all conspiracies, Bangabandhu's daughter Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has proven Padma Bridge is not merely a bridge of pride or one of the longest bridges in the world but also it is a symbol of our (economic) capacity," Hasan said.
"Padma Bridge is symbol of capacity of our Bangladesh, our people and the government," he said.
