<div style="text-align: justify; "><b style="font-size: 1rem;">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has put emphasis on international initiatives to help prepare the young generation to face the challenges of the coming world order.</b><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“That is what we expect from international communities and organisations,” she said on Wednesday responding to a question emerging from the plenary session of the two-day ‘World of Work Summit: Social Justice for All’ in the Swiss city of Geneva.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This is a high-level forum for global voices to address the need for increased, coordinated and coherent action in support of social justice.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"What I feel is that the international community needs to put social justice at the heart of the international development agenda like SDGs," she said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">PM Hasina thanks Prince Rahim, Aga Khan Development Network for contributions in Bangladesh</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In Bangladesh, the PM said, her government has undertaken massive social safety net programmes.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“It is for labourers, farmers, elderly people and students. Even the working and lactating mothers and disabled people are covered by the programmes,” she said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">She mentioned that the government is giving them allowances too.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“We have created social safety net in our humble way. But I think that it should be in a massive way. And ILO can take an initiative in this regard and international community should come forward to assist people to ensure that no one is left behind,” she said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">PM Hasina urges Swiss businesses to boost investment in Bangladesh</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The prime minister reiterated her call that there can be no lasting peace or sustainable development without social justice.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">She said the world is changing, the new technology is coming, and the fourth industrial revolution is in the offing.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“What we want is that no one should lose job. So to create job opportunities what we need is education. Everybody must learn about digital devices and know how to use it,” she said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For this purpose, she put emphasis on giving priority in providing training on new technology.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Invest in social justice to build just and inclusive societies worldwide: PM at World of Work summit</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“The people should become skilled. That is what we are doing in our country,” she said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">She said that the government is giving education to them.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“We have introduced digital laboratories and computer laboratories from the school level. Then the training and incubation centres have been set up. Young generation get their training there. We are preparing our people,” she said. UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>