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Sajeeb Wazed gets ASOCIO Leadership Award- 2021

Prime Minister's ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy has been conferred with “ASOCIO Leadership Award-2021” for his contribution to bringing unprecedented change in the country's ICT sector. On behalf of Sajeeb Wazed Joy, State Minister for ICT Division Zunaid Ahmed Palak received the award on Friday on the second day of World Cong...

International governance system failed to protect the interests of Global South: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Highlighting the disparities in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic between rich and poor countries, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called for a change in the thinking and narratives around international development cooperation. She lamented the 'failure' of the international governance system to protect the interests of millions in the 'Gl...

Bangladesh will be the key leader of 4th Industrial Revolution: Sajeeb Wazed

Prime Minister's ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy on Thursday hoped that Bangladesh would lead the fourth industrial revolution as the country is marching forward following the target. "Bangladesh is marching towards the fourth industrial revolution. Bangladesh has the capability," he told a ministerial conference of the World Congress on I...

MoTIV Creations Ltd. wins maiden UNESCO-Bangladesh Bangabandhu Int'l Award

The MoTIV Creations Limited (Uganda) has won the maiden 2021 UNESCO-Bangladesh Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman International Prize for the "Creative Economy". Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has announced the name of the winner and handed over the prize and certificates to the recipient while addressing the award distributing ceremony at the UNE...

World should take Rohingya repatriation seriously: HPM Sheikh Hasina at Paris Peace Forum

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged the world leaders to ensure repatriation of Rohingya people to their homeland Mayanmar soon to escape security risks in the region and beyond worldwide. "The world must act seriously to make sure that these (Rohingya) people can go back to Myanmar soon. Otherwise, the security risks from the crisis will ...

HPM Sheikh Hasina urged UNESCO to put more emphasis on climate education

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged UNESCO to put more emphasis on climate-related topics in education programmes in the wake of global warming. She also called for more technical support from the agency of the United Nations to raise awareness about the challenges created by climate change. “Climate change is a life-threatening reali...

Bangladesh signs three agreements with France

Bangladesh and France signed three agreements on financial assistance and technical cooperation on the second day of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's five-day state visit to this friendly European country yesterday (Wednesday). As per two agreements, France will provide 330 million Euro to Bangladesh to support its development projects. Of the 3...

Daughter takes Bangabandhu’s legacy to global stage

To cap Bangladesh's golden decade of development marking an amazing turnaround story, the government, led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has introduced a global award with UNESCO to recognize contributions to "Creative Economy". The award takes the Bangladesh success story to the global stage and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to hand ov...

HPM Sheikh Hasina for boosting French investment in Bangladesh

Laying emphasis on doubling bilateral trade volume by 2025, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today invited French businessmen to boost their investors in Bangladesh as the country sits at a strategic location among major economic centers in the Indo-Pacific. "French investment in Bangladesh is still modest compared to its global footprint. I invite...

Sheikh Hasina and Immanuel Macron discuss security issues in the Indo-Pacific region

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and French President Emmanuel Macron have discussed geopolitical and security issues in the Indo-Pacific region at a meeting in Paris. "France and Bangladesh shared the same vision for a free, open, peaceful, secure and inclusive Indo-Pacific region, based on international law and with shared prosperity f...

Bangladesh will not lose its way again: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Bangladesh has reached a ‘dignified position’ on the global stage and will continue to prosper while maintaining it, says Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The holistic plans initiated by her government will never allow Bangladesh to ‘divert from its road to development’, Hasina said during a reception organised by the expat...

HPM Sheikh Hasina invites UK investors to be a part of Bangladesh's development

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today invited the investors of the United Kingdom (UK) to be part of the developmental journey of Bangladesh by investing in a host of lucrative sectors. "… energy, renewable energy, shipbuilding, automobile, light engineering, agro-processing, blue economy, tourism, knowledge based hi-tech industries, ICT ar...

Sheikh Hasina one of the most influential negotiator of COP26: BBC

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been named as one of the five influential dealmakers at COP26 being held at Glasgow, according to a BBC report that described the Bangladesh leader as “voice of the vulnerable”. The four other influential dealmakers who will have a major impact on the summit's success or failure are China's climate n...

Climate-vulnerable countries are suffering because of rich countries: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has emphasised the dangers facing climate-vulnerable countries due to the failure of the world's major carbon polluters to uphold their pledge to mitigate the damage. The Bangladesh leader made the remarks while presiding over a dialogue with leaders of the 48 member states of the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) in G...

Set ambitious targets to cut carbon emissions and implement: HPM Sheikh Hasina at COP26

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called on the developed countries to set ambitious targets to cut carbon emissions and implement plans to stop the warming of the planet. Countries are obliged to submit Nationally Determined Contributions, or NDCs, to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change under the agreement signed in the 20...

Joint efforts of CVF and Commonwealth needed to implement Paris Agreement: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) and the Commonwealth members to work together as no country is safe from the impact of climate change. "With more than one-third member states of the CVF also being the members of the Commonwealth, I firmly believe that joint efforts of the CVF and the Commonwealth memb...

Bangladesh Army playing pivotal role in disaster management and development: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today recognizes Bangladesh Army's role in tackling natural and man-made disasters and the country's socio-economic, infrastructure and communication development alongside guarding the country's sovereignty. The prime minister was addressing, as chief guest, a ceremony of handing over new flags to Mujib Artille...

HPM Sheikh Hasina for diversification of export items

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday asked entrepreneurs to identify new market demands and trends across the world to diversify the country’s export items. "We have to find out through market research what new items we can produce to give a big boost to our exports…we need to focus on that,” she said. The prime minister ...

Bangladesh will grow despite conspiracies: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said vested quarters are out there to stage various types of incidents in the country to tarnish its image before the world. "Bangladesh will march forward, no one will ever be able to pull Bangladesh back. Some incidents are happening … vested quarters unleashing these deliberately to tarnish the c...

Steps taken by the Awami League government to rehabilitate victims of communal violence

A series of steps have been taken by both the government and the ruling Awami League to rehabilitate the victims of communal violence to boost their confidence and ensure security for them. A total of 102 cases were filed accusing 20,619 people in connection with the violence against the Hindu community. So far 583 were arrested as part of the ...