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Awami League always protect country's interest: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Asserting that the Awami League government always protects the country’s interest, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the amount of water India will get from the Feni river is insignificant and only for the drinking purpose. “We always protect our interest in all fields… the area of the river (Feni) from where India would ...

HPM Sheikh Hasina honoured with Tagore Peace Prize 2018

Asiatic Society of Kolkata has been honoured Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina with the prestigious “Tagore Peace Award-2018” in recognition of her contribution to maintaining regional peace and prosperity.President of Kolkata Asiatic Society Professor Isha Mohammed handed over the award to Sheikh Hasina at a function at Taj Mahal Hotel i...

Bangladesh-India sign 7 instruments, launch 3 projects

Bangladesh and India today signed seven instruments including coastal surveillance, use of Chattogram and Mongla Ports, implementation of the Indian Lines of Credit (LoCs) to Bangladesh, to further boost the bilateral ties between the two friendly countries.Of the instruments, four are Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs), one is Standard Operati...

Bangladesh can become South Asia's economic hub: HPM Sheikh Hasina at India Economic Summit

Bangladesh has the capacity to become a regional economic hub owing to the country's geographic location, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said.She made the remarks while highlighting the country's economic growth and investment potential in her address to the India Economic Summit in New Delhi on Thursday.Situated between eastern and north-east...

Crackdown on corruption will continue: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said she flagged off the government's ongoing crackdown on corruption and irregularities in order to eliminate social inequality. Explaining her decision in an interview with Voice of America in New York, Hasina said, “I’m not bothered by political affiliations, family connections or social status. T...

World must take steps to compel Myanmar for Rohingya return: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the world must take all measures to compel Myanmar to create conditions enabling the Rohingyas’ safe, dignified and voluntary repatriation to their ancestral homes. “Rohingya crisis is a formidable challenge for Bangladesh … we want a peaceful and immediate resolution ...

HPM Sheikh Hasina for meaningful local and global partnership to achieve SDGs

Placing emphasis on meaningful partnership and cooperation at the local and global levels to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged the world leaders to stick to their commitments that they had made for the planet and people. “Meaningful partnership and cooperation are equally essential, both at t...

HPM Sheikh Hasina seeks global collaboration for universal health coverage

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said collaboration among countries at regional and global levels is fundamental to accelerate progress in the Universal Health Coverage. “Resource mobilisation to ensure Universal Health Coverage is a fundamental obstacle in many countries. Effective global partnership to formulate healthcare financi...

Sheikh Hasina receives Vaccine Hero award for immunization of children

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been conferred with the prestigious “Vaccine Hero” award in recognition of Bangladesh’s outstanding success in vaccination. Global Alliance for Vaccination and Immunisations (GAVI), a global Vaccine Alliance, conferred the award on the prime minister at a ceremony at the UN ...

Raise quality of services: HPM Sheikh Hasina to Biman officials

Hinting at purchasing two more Boeing aircraft for Bangladesh Biman, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asked the authorities of the national flag carrier to work with honesty and sincerity to ensure the quality of passenger services. "You’ll have to raise the quality of the services and earn confidence and trust of the passengers though it &he...

HPM Sheikh Hasina receives Dr. Kalam Excellence Award

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has received the “Dr Kalam Smriti International Excellence Award-2019”, constituted to disseminate the ideals and teachings of noted scientist and former Indian president Dr APJ. Abdul Kalam. Chief Adviser of the Dr Kalam Smriti International Advisory Council Ambassador TP Sreenivasan handed over the int...

HPM Sheikh Hasina inaugurates Community Bank

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated the commercial operation of the Community Bank Bangladesh Limited fulfilling the long-cherished demand of the police. The premier opened the bank through a video conference from her official residence Ganabhaban on Wednesday morning. The vision of the bank, which belongs to ownership ...

Do not think yourselves as minority: HPM Sheikh Hasina to Hindu community

Mentioning that Awami League (AL) never believes in religious differences, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged members of the Hindu community not to undermine themselves by saying minority. “The BNP government had made (ill) efforts to create religious differences among the people. But Awami League never believes in such differences &h...

Focus on waste management and environment: HPM Sheikh Hasina to business people

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reassured the business community of extending all sorts of support to their any necessity, urging them to set up industries by giving special attention to waste management and environment. “Our government is business-friendly government. We always remain beside the businesspeople … t...

BNP was born through murders and conspiracies: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Terming BNP as a “party of killers”, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said the party was born through murders and conspiracies. “The founder of BNP was a killer and he floated the party with those who were involved in murders … there is nothing to defend it,” she said. Sheikh Hasina, also the Awami League (AL) presid...

Protect biodiversity in the villages: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said her government has been working to make all the villages beautiful in a planned way by ensuring all the civic amenities alongside protecting bio-diversity as dreamt by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. “It is needed to arrange all the villages across the country in a beautiful manner...

Khaleda Zia had a condolence message ready: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Sheikh Hasina has said her arch political rival Khaleda Zia had a condolence message ready being certain she would die in the Aug 21, 2004 attack, which could not be carried out without the support of the BNP-Jamaat-e-Islami government. Hasina, the then opposition leader and now the prime minister, recounted the grisly attack on its 15th annive...

Midday meal in all govt primary school by 2023

The cabinet has approved the draft of the National School Meal Policy, 2019 setting a target to bring students of all government primary schools under universal midday meal coverage by 2023. The approval was given at a meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair at the Prime Minister’s Office here on Monday. “We have app...

Undertake development projects on a priority basis: HPM Sheikh Hasina to govt officials

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the ministries to undertake development projects on a priority basis for implementation of the annual budget properly and accelerating the country’s uplift. “The ministries will have to fix priority that which development schemes are needed first and accordingly, they will have to start the wor...

HPM Sheikh Hasina for focusing on economic diplomacy in Europe

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the Bangladesh envoys in European countries to pursue the economic diplomacy alongside the political one as she joined the first-ever Bangladeshi envoys conference in the British capital here. “We need to focus more on economic issues besides political diplomacy so the ongoing dev...