Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday firmly said that her party, Awami League, always worked for the welfare of the nation as per the promise given to the people and the countrymen were getting its benefits.

‘AL always keeps its promise what it gives to people. We always work for the welfare of the nation and people are getting benefits of it,’ she said.

Sheikh Hasina, also the president of the ruling AL, said this while delivering her introductory speech at the joint meeting of the AL national committee, central working committee and advisory council at her official residence Ganabhaban in Dhaka.

She mentioned that every time they formulated the national budget keeping in mind the election manifesto to implement the plans according to the promises made to people.

‘Before every election, AL placed its election pledges and it always kept its election pledges, this is the reality,’ she said.