Dhaka, Oct. 17 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has urged students to help rebuild Bangladesh and make it more liveable, saying the country's future rests with them.

Visiting his former school Dhaka Residential Model College on Saturday, he recalled the July Uprising as proof that young people can bring change through unity.

But taking part in a movement, he said, did not end their responsibility.

"I have two requests for you: keep the country clean and plant more trees. This is your country, and its responsibility is yours too," he told students.

The prime minister left home at 9:10am and made surprise visits to 13 locations in four and a half hours, including hospitals, schools and staff quarters.

He expressed dissatisfaction with ...