<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday asked the authorities concerned to first consider the benefits the people and economy would get before taking up any development project.</b></span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"We should first think about what the return we would gain, how much it would develop the country’s people and how much it would be used in the welfare of the country’s people,” she said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The premier said this while witnessing a presentation on the programme outlines of the Roads and Highways Department in building the Smart Bangladesh by 2041 at her official residence Ganabhaban.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">She also asked the authorities concerned to attach priority to avoiding unnecessary costs as well as expedite the implementation of the projects, said PM’s Deputy Press Secretary KM Shakhawat Moon at a press briefing.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In case of taking up any plan and scheme, all will have to keep in mind that how much the country's&nbsp; economic activities will be accelerated and how much the local people will be benefited and what would be result if a project is implemented or a bridge is constructed, said&nbsp; Hasina</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">She said the countrymen are now enjoying the benefits as some infrastructural developments have taken place quickly.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The prime minister said her government announced the Vision 2021 and has successfully implemented it and thus Bangladesh has got the recognition of a developing nation, reports UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Now, our target is to transform Bangladesh into a developed and prosperous and smart country by 2041. We’ve been working to implement the vision," she said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader and PM's Principal Secretary M Tofazzel Hossain Miah, among others, were present.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd/fas</div>