Prime Minister asks VIPs to bide by security rules at airports

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday asked VIPs of the country to follow the security rules at airports and warned that anyone flouting the regulations will face air travel restrictions in the future.

"I want to say it clearly, here there are members of Parliament, ministers, chiefs of the services and other high officials, you have to follow the security measures at the airports of the country like you do in other countries' airports," she said while inaugurating the construction work of the ‘Third Terminal’ of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA).

She also inaugurated Biman Bangladesh Airlines’ two newly inducted Dreamliner 787-9 named ‘Sonar Tori’ and 'Awchin Pakhi’ as well as a new mobile application of the national flag carrier on the sidelines of the ceremony.

Sheikh Hasina said that everyone has to follow the security systems of the airports and none will be allowed to bypass it.

"If anyone creates obstacles to following these security rules, then that person will be stopped [from flying]. At least I will do that, you all have to remember that," she said.

In this connection, she told the audience that working for the country is all she does.

"If anyone wants to do any corruption or bypass any rule, then that information comes to me. Everyone has to remember that. We have given special importance to the security of the airports," she warned.

She asked all passengers to obey the security rules and regulations that are practiced internationally at the airports.

The Prime Minister also asked the authorities concerned to take special care of the expatriates who earn valuable foreign currencies for the country.

"We export manpower and earn huge amount of foreign currencies. We have to look after their (the expatriates’) facilities. Make sure that they are not harassed at airports. Special attention has to be given to this matter," she said.

Presided over by State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism M Mahbub Ali, Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Civil Aviation and Tourism Ministry RAM Obaidul Muktadir Chowdhury and senior secretary of Civil Aviation and Tourism Md Mohibul Haque, Japanese Ambassador Naoki Ito, Chief Representative of Bangladesh Office of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Hitoshi Hirata and Civil Aviation Authority and Bangladesh (CAAB) Chairman Air Vice Marshal M Mofidur Rahman also spoke at the programme.

Source:UNB