PM for utilizing research-based knowledge

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina laid emphasis on leveraging the research-based knowledge for the country’s socio-economic development, calling upon the researchers to put concentration on basic and practical researches alongside exploring unused resources.

She made the remarks while addressing the inaugural ceremony of the National Science and Technology Complex (NSTC) in the capital’s Agargaon as the chief guest, joining virtually from her official residence Ganabhaban on Thursday.

She said, “Along with the research, we are putting emphasis on how the knowledge, gained from the research, can be used for our socio-economic development.”

In this connection, she opined that, importance should also be given on basic research as well as applied research, and our researchers should definitely look into it.

Talking about the unexplored resources, she said, “We’ve to find out what we have in our country as there are many invaluable resources that we have not yet been able to use or those are out of our reach.”

To this end, she also stressed the need for paying special attention on researching unused resources so those can be used for the people of the country.

Sheikh Hasina noted research is inevitable in every field such as health, food production, engineering, or infrastructure development. “In fact, excellence cannot be achieved without research,” she said.

About attaining the Sustainable Development Goals, she said, “In our country study is absolutely necessary and that’s why everyone needs to pay attention on research.”

Besides, more attention also needs to be paid to keep pace with the technology as the use and impact of technology has increased all over the world, she added.

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