01 September 2008, Municipality Auditorium, Bogura
The debt servicing expenditure is higher than the expenditure on education and health in Bangladesh. Bangladesh should increase the expenditure on health and education as well as service sector to achieve millennium development goals (MDGs). Poverty is higher than other countries in Asia where about 7 crore people out of 14 crore total population lives in poverty. So the development assistance would be fruitfull if the debt servicing costs remains unchanged in the currenct pace. In this regards, Bangldesh demands full debt cancellation.
The above context has been presented by Kamal Hossin, Coordinator of Focus Sociaty, a non-governmental organisation of Bogura at the sensitisation workshop on debt cancellation held in Bogura, northern district of Bangladesh on 01 September 2008.
Speakers demanded 0.7 percent ODA of developed countries to achieves MDGs as per their commitment. They also aurgued that the government of Bangladesh will have to place the demand to rich countries to cancel its debt burden. The speakers vowed to be unite the citizen groups TO presurise the demand.
Al Haj Momtaj Uddin, President of Bogura District Awami League; Abdur Rahim Chowdhury, Cultural Activist and Social Worker ; Advocate Al Mahmood, President of SUJON, Bogura; Mohammad Shahid Ullah, Coordinator, SUPRO; Abdur Rahim, Ex-President of Bogura Press Club; Sadekur Rahman Sujon, General Secretary of United Cultural Front; Advocate Polash Khodokar, Director, Uchcharan Academy; Dr. Mostafa Alam Nannu, President of Shadhinota Chikisok Parishad; Abdul Latif Mandol, President of District UP Chairman Association; Sadrul Anam Ranju, Human Rights Activists; Aminul Farid, Councilor of District Municipality and General Secretary of CPB; S M Khairul Islam, District Primary Teacher Association; Mahafuz Ara Miva, Women activists and the political, professional and social activists also spoke at the workshop.
