Staff Reporter:
The National Youth Day-2023 will be observed through various programs across the country today.
With the aim of building ‘Sonar Bangla’ as dreamt by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and keeping in mind the efficiency, creativity, self-confidence and enthusiasm of the youths, this year’s theme of the day is “Smart Jubo Sammridha Desh, Bangabandhur Bangladesh”.
On the eve of the day, President Mohammed Shahabuddin and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina issued sep-arate messages greeting the country’s youths and wished all the programmes of the day a success.
President Mohammed Shahabuddin, in his message, said the large part of the country’s population is youth aged between 18 and 35 and steps needs to be taken for proper utilization of demographic divi-dend to achieve SDG targets by 2030 and turn the country into a developed one by 2041.
The Department of Youth Development is providing skill enhancement training to the youths to make them fully skilled, modern and conscious while many of them have already emerged as successful ones, he added.