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Let's work together to build beautiful future, PM Sheikh Hasina greets countrymen on Pahela Baishakh

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said let's work together in the Bangla New Year-1431 to build a beautiful future forgetting past failures.  "Assalamualaikum, the New Year has again come within us in round of the years. I wish you all the brothers and sisters stay at home and abroad greetings of the New Bangla Year-1431. Shuvo Noboborsho," she...

Serve people to ensure future vote: PM Sheikh Hasina to public representatives

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked the public representatives to serve the people to ensure vote in the future, saying providing service to the countrymen is their main job. "You are elected by the people. So, if you serve the people, then there is no worry about your future vote. People will trust you and keep faith on you. So, pay speci...

Govt steps cut down child and mortality rate in Bangladesh: PM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the government has reduced the child and maternal mortality rate along with poverty rate in the country through various pragmatic steps. “We have established community clinics across the country to mitigate the primary medicare facilities of the people. As a result the child and maternal mort...

Bangabandhu's independence proclamation history was distorted after 1975: PM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister and Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina today said the history of proclamation of independence in 1971 by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was distorted after his assassination in 1975.  "Bangabandhu's independence proclamation was spread through wireless and his party men reached it elsewhere of ...

Bangabandhu called for fight until final victory: Sajeeb Wazed

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Advisor Sajeeb Wazed Joy has greeted the countrymen on the occasion of Independence and National Day. In a Facebook post on Tuesday (March 26), Joy wrote, “26 March, our Independence Day. On this day 53 years back, Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur...

Activists, journos slam Facebook over handling of hate speech, disinformation

In Bangladesh, a chorus of concern arises among anti-war crimes campaigners, journalists, and activists regarding Facebook's apparent inability to stem the tide of hate speech, calls for violence, and communal attacks that have jeopardized public security. Despite Facebook's community standards, designed to combat such abuses, numerous accounts...

PM Sheikh Hasina's address to nation marking Independence Day 2024

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina addressed the nation this evening on the occasion of the Independence Day 2024. Her speech was aired on Bangladesh Television, Bangladesh Betar as well as private TV channels and radio stations. The full text of the Prime Minister's speech is as follows: Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim Dear Countrymen, Assalamu Alaik...

Take the country forward foiling conspiracies: HPM Sheikh Hasina addresses the nation

 Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday called upon the people to take the country  forward overcoming all evil tricks and conspiracies. “On the 54th Independence Day, let’s come forward in unison and take the development and progress of Bangladesh forward,” she said. The premier made this call at her televised addr...

Bangladesh cannot import the development formula of another country: PM Sheikh Hasina's exclusive interview in the Whiteboard Magazine

In an exclusive interview with the country’s first policy magazine WhiteBoard, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina explained her priority goals in setting out long term policies that have led to a rise in living standards in the youngest nation in South Asia. “The Bangladesh model, is based on certain indigenous values and policy continuit...

No election good enough unless US gets its puppet regime in Bangladesh: Sajeeb Wazed

Sajeeb Wazed, ICT Affairs Advisor to the Prime Minister, has said that the United States’ take on democracy and polls in Bangladesh is guided by a goal of putting a “puppet regime” in place. “Unless the United States gets its puppet regime in place in Bangladesh, no election will be good enough according to them!” ...

Impossible to oust Awami League government as people support it: PM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister and Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina today said it was not possible to topple her government and push the country to darkness again as the people are in favour of them. "They (BNP-Jamaat) are dreaming to oust the Awami League (AL) government. How did they forget that Awami League always stands beside the people, for whic...

Don't pressurize children in the name of education: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the guardians and teachers not to put extra pressure on students rather let them learn with sports and various cultural activities. "Education is very important. Don't pressurise them (children) in the name of education. We now want students to learn their education through sports and various cultural activ...

Bangladesh Offshore Bidding 2024 Announced

Bangladesh has unveiled its Offshore Bidding 2024 initiative aimed at accelerating oil and gas exploration activities. A press conference was held at the PetroBangla Auditorium to mark the launch of the Bangladesh Offshore Bidding Round-2024. Honorable Advisor to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh on Energy, Power and Mineral Resources, Tawfiq-e-...

PM Sheikh Hasina suggests diversifying jute goods per market demand

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday stressed the need for diversifying jute products according to the demand of the international market to unlock a huge export potential. “We’ve to pay attention to exploring new export markets for jutes, assess what type of goods has demand in different countries, and produce such products acc...

Stand by common people during Ramadan instead of hosting Iftar parties: PM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday called for  standing beside the common people as much as possible during Ramadan. She made this appeal, while chairing the Cabinet meeting held at her office in the city. Cabinet Secretary Mahbub Hossain briefed reporters after the meeting at the Bangladesh Secretariat. “Today the Prime Min...

Equal participation of men, women needed for country's overall development: PM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday stressed the necessity of womenfolk's more engagement to the development process, saying equal participation of both men and women is needed for the country's overall development. "Today, if we have to progress economically further, women and men can build the country equally with their labor because half ...

Govt takes all steps to keep prices of essentials stable during Ramadan: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today told the Parliament that it will be possible to keep the prices of essential commodities in the market at tolerable level in the upcoming holy month of Ramadan.  “I hope that the price inflation will remain at an acceptable level during the holy month of Ramadan and it will be possible to rein in th...

No global leader raised any questions about polls: PM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said no global leader raised any concerns or questions about last month's general election during her recent visit to Germany. "No one said anything about the election. They don't have any concerns or questions regarding the election," she said, replying to a question at a press conference in her official resi...

Bangladesh is progressing with spirit of sacrifices: PM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said Bangladesh is making progress as the country is run following the spirit of great sacrifices taught by the martyrs of the Language Movement and the Liberation War. “Today the fate of the country’s people has changed since Bangladesh has been marching forward with the ideology that we had...

Our art and literature have to be spread all over the world through proper translation: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (21 February) laid emphasis on preserving, practicing and strengthening the mother tongue, urging all to spread Bangla art and literature all over the world through proper translation. "Our art and literature have to be spread all over the world through proper translation alongside preserving our mother tongue,...