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Published on September 22, 2015
"I do politics for the people, not for me ... my job is to assist the common people," she said in an interview published in London's Guardian newspaper today.
The Prime Minister said the people of the country are enjoying democracy now and the democratic institutions are working and the people are satisfied and enjoying it.
"What people want is their basic needs. So, I'm trying to help people ensure their basic needs, that means food security, healthcare, education, and job opportunity and a better life," she said.
Sheikh Hasina expressed her firm optimism that Bangladesh would be a middle-income country by 2021 and a developed one by 2041.
On the issue of press freedom, Sheikh Hasina said her government had allowed an unprecedented expansion in privately-controlled television channels, newspapers and online media since the 1990s.
"Who brought the change? It is me. I opened it up. Now we have 41 private television channels [and] altogether nearly 700 newspapers all over the country. So they're writing and they're totally free," she said.
The Prime Minister said the NGOs are also working according to the rules and law they have.
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