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Bangladesh-India tie is a role model for the world: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said bilateral relations between Bangladesh and India have appeared as a “role model” of good neighbourliness for the rest of the world, expressing her firm belief that this cooperation will also continue in future. “As a result of multifaceted and multi-dimensional cooperation, our bila...

HPM Sheikh Hasina urges all to pray for speedy recovery of Obaidul Quader

The cabinet today requested the countrymen to pray for Road Transport and Bridges Minister and Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader, who is now on the way for treatment at Mt. Elizabeth, Singapore with critical cardiac ailments. “The cabinet was informed about his (Quader’s) health condition (and) it urged the countrymen to...

Adopt development plans protecting environment: HPM Sheikh Hasina to engineers

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the engineers to adopt development plans protecting environment alongside maintaining their standard. “You (engineers) have been playing the biggest role in implementing our development projects. So, you’ll have to adopt development plans keeping in mind environment and ecology,” she told...

Govt takes measures to expand civic amenities to villages: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister and Leader of the House Sheikh Hasina has said effective measures have been taken under “My Village, My Town” project aimed at expanding civic amenities to the villages. “Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman gave the commitment of taking effective measures in phases for reducing the gap between...

Govt. would rehabilitate drug dealer: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister and Leader of the House Sheikh Hasina said the government would rehabilitate the drug dealers on their surrenders. “Many drug peddlers are surrendering due to (nationwide) massive awareness campaign … Financial assistance will be given to them for their rehabilitation,” she said while replying to a supplementar...

HPM Sheikh Hasina urges NRBs to invest in Bangladesh

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged the Bangladeshi engineers living abroad to make contribution to the country’s ongoing development as the ‘son of the soil’. “Non-resident Bangladeshi (NRB) engineers can play immense role in development of ICT sector, agricultural and industrial production, communication and sea r...

I want to build Bangladesh as a wonder for the world: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has opened the boring works of her government’s ambitious tunnel project under the Karnaphuli River saying she expects Bangladesh to be a “world wonder” with its spectacular development. “I want to build Bangladesh in such a way so that the entire world looks at it (country) with surprise . ....

Chawkbazar tragedy is a lesson to chemical warehouse owners of Old Dhaka: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the Chawkbazar tragedy appeared as a lesson for chemical warehouse owners in Old Dhaka, expressing her belief this time they would not decline to relocate their godowns elsewhere as insisted earlier. “I hope that those who earlier opposed to relocating their chemical warehouses from (crammed) old Dhak...

HPM Sheikh Hasina for delivering verdicts in Bangla

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has requested the judges to deliver the verdicts of lawsuits in Bangla taking into consideration the poor knowledge of most of the litigants in the foreign language. “Because of poor knowledge in English, most of the litigants need to depend on their lawyers to understand the verdict. The litigants have no sco...

Bangladesh-UAE sign four MoUs to promote relations in investment and power sector

Bangladesh and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) here on Sunday signed four memorandums of understanding (MoUs) to promote relations between the two countries in the areas of investment, business and power sector. The instruments were inked after a meeting between Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and a 15-member UAE business delegation led by Minister...

HPM Sheikh Hasina for Upazilla development plan

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked the LGRD ministry to sketch out a master plan to build up all upazila under a specific development design aimed at protecting cropland and check sporadic construction of buildings, roads and other structures. “Unplanned development of the upazilas should be regulated and roads and ways of the upazi...

Sheikh Hasina is an exemplary leader: Angelina Jolie

American actress Angelina Jolie has praised Sheikh Hasina’s leadership as “exemplary” for keeping Bangladesh’s border open for the Rohingyas who have fled violent persecution in Myanmar. She says the world needs more leaders like her. The special envoy of the UN’s refugee agency UNHCR paid a courtesy call on the p...

Angelina Jolie Visits Bangabandhu Museum

On 6th February 2019, the visiting Special Envoy of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and renowned Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie made a visit to the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi Road 32, Dhaka. She was briefed about the history of the Father of the Nation and given the ...

ASEAN to be more engaged in Rohingya repatriation: Indonesian FM to Prime Minister

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will be more engaged in the repatriation of the Rohingya people from Bangladesh. Visiting Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno L. P. Marsudio informed this today when she paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her Jatiya Sangsad office here this evening. After the meeting, PM&rsq...

Govt. to continue strengthening Bangladesh Police: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed her government’s firm resolve to make Bangladesh Police a people-friendly organization saying the government would continue to enhance its strength in accordance with prevailing demand. “In 2009, the police-people ratio stood at 1:1355 — But our government has raised it to 1:801,&rdqu...

Food adulteration is a corruption too: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Describing adulteration of food as one kind of “corruption”, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said this ill practice must be stopped at any cost to save the life of the people. “We earned a huge success in anti-terrorism drive. We are also continuing our operation against corruption, and adulteration of food is one sort of g...

We have to work to improve the life of grassroot people: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has directed all concerned including ministers to uphold the dignity of the people’s confidence and trust that they reposed in the Awami League through the December 30 elections. “The people of the country have reposed confidence and trust in us as well given a great responsibility through the December 3...

HPM Sheikh Hasina for uprooting drug, corruption and militancy

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged the home ministry officials to work for uprooting corruption, drug and militancy aimed at building Bangladesh as a peaceful nation in South Asia. “Corruption, drug and militancy grasped the whole society like deadly diseases as the military dictators ruled the country for a long time,” she sa...

Every party and citizen is important for us: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has promised to value the people’s confidence bestowed on her government through the December 30 elections saying, it would work for every citizen irrespective of their political affiliations or views. “Victory and defeat is a natural course of an election and its true Awami League won the election but, ...

Dr. Kamal can't shut nation up forever: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Referring to an incident when Oikya Front leader Dr Kamal Hossain lashed out at a journalist, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday said people will not be silenced by a “shut up.” The prime minister made the comment while addressing a discussion arranged by Awami League to mark Martyred Intellectuals Day, at Bangladesh Krishibid I...