He made the call while addressing a ceremony marking the distribution of ‘Joy Bangla Youth Award’ at the Sheikh Hasina National Youth Complex in Savar.
Criticising the last BNP tenure, Joy said it was the most corrupt regime when terrorism raised its ugly head.
Joy Bangla Youth Award is the flagship event of Young Bangla, one of the biggest national platforms for Bangladeshi youths launched by non-profit Centre for Research and Information (CRI).
After handing over prizes among the winners on the last day of the two-day ceremony, Joy said, “When we started our journey, we didn’t know what would be the fate of this proramme? But now we’re a community of 2 lakh young people.”
The young people are now taking initiatives utilising their own capacity by using information and communication technology to change the country, he said.
“Now we’re known in the world as a digital country. Many countries like the Maldives, Bhutan, Somalia, Peru and the Philippines are taking assistance from us to digitise their own countries. It’s possible only for the Awami League government,” said Joy, also Prime Minister’s son.
A total of 30 organisations were given the Joy Bangla Youth Award, 2018 for their outstanding contributions to promoting social work, education, sports and cultural activities.
Among others, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid, State Minister for ICT Division Zunaid Ahmed Palak, State Minister for Information Tarana Halim and Young Bangla Convener Nahim Razzak were present.