Prime Minister’s Office spokesperson Mahdi Amin on Saturday said that the opposition party was creating obstacles to the country’s progress instead of cooperating with the government’s positive initiatives in the past two months.
‘We thought that the opposition party would extend overall cooperation with the positive steps taken by the government under the leadership and guidance of the prime minister Tarique Rahman within this short period,’ he told a press conference at the PMO, marking the completion of the first two months of the BNP government.
‘But we have seen that instead of doing that, they chose alternative paths, including creating chaos in parliament, threatening protests on the streets, and spreading rumours and propaganda, which are obstacles to the country’s progress,’ Mahdi added.
About the prime minister’s place in the Time magazine’s most influential people, he said, ‘It was a matter of great joy and pride that the prime minister and “people’s leader” Tarique Rahman has been included in TIME magazine’s list of the 100 Most Influential People in the world for 2026.’
‘Through this recognition, his visionary leadership, immense courage and outstanding contribution to restoring democracy have been acknowledged internationally,’ Mahdi added.
At the press conference, the PMO spokesperson highlighted the government’s landmark 60 initiatives taken over the past two months.
‘We all know that the current government marked the completion of two months of its tenure on Friday… I am presenting 60 of the effective steps taken by the honourable prime minister in the past two months reflecting the people’s aspirations to ensure progress of the state and every citizen,’ he said.
Presenting the initiatives, Mahdi Amin, also prime minister’s adviser, said, ‘As per the election pledge of the prime minister, the pilot project to provide Family Card to every household for women’s empowerment has been completed.’
Already 37,567 families have received the Family Cards while each of the beneficiaries are being given a monthly cash assistance of Tk 2,500, making it an international role model of women’s economic, familial, and social empowerment, he added.
Besides, the government has introduced the Farmer Card with 10 benefits and cash support for farmers, the PMO spokesperson said, adding, ‘More than 22,000 marginal, smallholder and medium farmers in 10 districts have received the card.’
Loans up to Tk 10,000, including interest, for nearly 12 lakh smallholder and marginal farmers have been waived, he said.
Mahdi said to maintain constitutional obligations and legal continuity, within a very short time, the government set a unique example of parliamentary democracy by resolving 133 ordinances in the first session of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad.
Among them, 16 ordinances, including the Human Rights Commission and enforced disappearance prevention ordinance, will be reintroduced as bills in the JS after further review, he added.
A programme has been launched nationwide to excavate and re-excavate 20,000 kilometres of rivers, canals and water bodies, the PMO spokesperson said, adding, ‘Despite the increase in fuel prices around the world, the government has kept fuel prices under control through subsidies and special diplomatic efforts.’
Through rooftop solar and net metering, 35MW electricity has been added to the national grid, he said, adding that the target had been set to generate 10,000MW from renewable sources, especially through solar, by 2030.
Besides, a pilot project for fuel cards has already been launched, the PM’s adviser said.
Since controlling commodity prices is one of the government’s priorities, he said, even during Ramadan, prices remained stable compared to previous years, and supply chains continued despite the liquidity crisis.
The government has launched monthly allowances for religious leaders of mosques, temples, monasteries, and churches, which will be expanded gradually, Mahdi said.
Relief and gifts were distributed among the destitute people nationwide during Eid-ul-Fitr, he said, adding, steps has been taken to modernise the zakat system.
An initiative has been taken to launch Expatriate Card while Hajj cost has been reduced by Tk 12,000 per ticket and Nusuk Hajj Card was introduced in the country this year for the first time, the PM’s adviser said.
Noting that there are 468,220 vacant posts in all ministries and government offices of the country, he said six-month, one-year and five-year action plans have been formulated to fill the vacant posts.
Mahdi said that a five-year strategic framework was being formulated to transform the economy into a trillion-dollar economy by 2034, and to facilitate foreign investment, the requirement for prior approval from the central bank for repatriation of investments up to Tk 100 crore has been lifted.
He said that the payment of salaries and bonuses to industrial workers on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr had been ensured, and in addition to reopening the Malaysian labour market, initiatives had been taken to sign bilateral agreements with seven European countries to find new labour markets.
Regarding the government’s initiatives in the education sector, the PMO spokesperson said it has been announced to recruit 1,00,000 health workers to ensure primary healthcare and a decision has been taken to waive admission fees.
He also said that an unsecured bank guarantee of up to Tk 10 lakh has been arranged for higher education abroad.
Stressing the importance of sports and tree plantation, Mahdi said that a 20 crore tree plantation programme had been undertaken in five years and the recruitment of sports teachers has started in every upazila.
Prime minister’s press secretary AAM Saleh Shibly, speech writer Mahfuzur Rahman, additional press secretary Atikur Rahman Ruman and deputy press secretaries Jahidul Islam Rony, Mostafa Zulfiquar Hasan and Md Suzauddhowla were present at the briefing, among others.
