<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday asked party leaders and activists to remain united in order to resist conspiracies and advance the country towards prosperity.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“There will be blows and conspiracies, but AL leaders and activists will remain united and move forward facing adversity,” she said.</div><div><br></div><div>The ruling party chief was delivering her inaugural speech at the 22nd national council of the country's oldest political party - aiming to elect new leadership.</div><div><br></div><div>Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the council by hoisting the national flag at the historic Suhrawardy Udyan.</div><div><br></div><div>The theme of this year's council is “Development journey under the leadership of Sheikh Hasina with the determination to build a developed, prosperous, and smart Bangladesh of Bangabandhu’s dream”.</div><div><br></div><div>Sheikh Hasina reiterated that Bangladesh will never move back.</div><div><br></div><div>“InshAllah we will materialize the dreams of the Father of the Nation,” she said.</div><div><br></div><div>She said that the economy is heading in the right direction.</div><div><br></div><div>“Only AL can advance a country and develop it,” she added.</div><div>The PM mentioned that evil forces are engaged in hatching conspiracies against the country to derail it from the path of development and prosperity, reports BSS</div><div><br></div><div>“No matter how many conspiracies the evil forces hatch against us, the nation will move forward, and we will fulfill the dreams of the Father of the Nation,” she added.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>