Dhaka, April 4 -- Providing service to the people will ensure their votes in the future, says Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

"All of you have been elected by the people. If you can ensure service to them, it will ensure their votes for you in the future. They will have faith in you. Please keep this in mind and focus more on serving the people," the prime minister said at the oath-taking ceremony of the newly elected mayors of the Mymensingh and Cumilla City Corporations on Thursday.

Hasina recalled that Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman took the initiative to open 10-bed hospitals at the union level to guarantee people's access to health care, but he could not implement it. "When I formed the government, I opened co...