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Killers, looters forged unity against Awami League: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the killers, money-launderers and oppotunists became united against the Awami League government and feared the country will be destroyed if they could come to power. “These characters will plunder national wealth, destroy the country and become cohorts of the anti-liberation forces if they come to pow...

Media should play a role in welfare of the country: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged journalists to use their professional scope for country’s greater interest, saying the freedom of press should not to be used in a childlike manner. “We fully believe in freedom of press, however it should not to be used in childish manner and everybody should remain careful about this,” ...

Bangladesh-India jointly inaugurates cross-border oil pipeline project

The prime ministers of Bangladesh and India have jointly unveiled the plaque of a 130km cross-border oil pipeline project, known as Bangladesh-India Friendship Pipeline. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi flagged off the construction work of the pipeline via video- conferencing from the Ganabhaban in Dhaka and...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina meets delegation of Hijra community

A delegation of five members of the third gender (Hijra community) met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday to express their gratitude, as the government recognized them as the third gender. Members of the delegation led by Abida Islam Maiyuri met with the Prime Minister at her Parliament office. Premier's Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim describ...

HPM Sheikh Hasina receives deed of historic Rose Garden

The government has purchased the historic ‘Rose Garden’, an archeological site, from where the country’s biggest political party, Bangladesh Awami League, started its journey in 1949. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina received the registered deed of the property from the current owner and her children at a simple function held at G...

HPM Sheikh Hasina opens two bridges on Teesta and Titas river

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has opened for traffic two bridges on the Teesta and Titas rivers in Rangpur and Brahmanbaria saying her government was striving to build better communication networks nationwide to accelerate economic activities and facilitate peoples’ movement. “A better communication system will better peoples’ ...

People believe Bangladesh will move forward if Awami League is in power: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed her optimism that people of Bangladesh would once again elect Awami League in the forthcoming polls to keep up the ongoing development spree across the country. “Awami League enjoys massive popularity as the people still believe that the country would go ahead with Awami League remaining in power...

Help build the nation for future generations: HPM Sheikh Hasina to diploma engineers

Prime Mnister Sheikh Hasina has urged diploma engineers to be committed to working for future generations. She made the remark during the inaugural ceremony of the 22nd National Convention of the Institution of Diploma Engineers (IDEB). “You have to help to build the nation for future generations without thinking of your own benefit. I u...

HPM Sheikh Hasina suggests 7-point measures for stock market development

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has suggested undertaking seven-point measures for stock market development, asking all concerned including the BSEC to play a due role in protecting the interest of the investors. “I call upon all concerned including the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) to play a due role in protecting the...

Bangladesh will import 9000 mw power by 2041: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said Bangladesh plans to import 9,000 MW power by 2041 from neighbouring countries, expecting New Delhi to stay beside this endeavour in a video conference with her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on Monday. “We plan to import 9,000 MW of electricity from our neighbours by 2041 under a regional cooperation fr...

Make sure Bangladesh doesn't have to face food crisis in future: HPM Sheikh Hasina to agriculturists

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked agriculturists to give special attentions so Bangladesh does not need to beg to others for food in future as the country became self-reliant in food. “We want Bangladesh’s march forward to continue and we don’t want to move with begging hand,” she said while opening the 6th National...

Bangladesh's history cannot be written without Bangabandhu: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed her optimism that the people of Bangladesh would follow the path of history of the War of Liberation to build a prosperous nation as dreamt by the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. “People of Bangladesh now have the opportunity to know the country’s real history and th...

Bangladesh was plunging into darkness during BNP-Jamaat regime: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said the country’s drawback in power sector during BNP regime was unprecedented, which was not seen any part of the world. Bangladesh’s total electricity generation capacity was 1600-megawatt (MW) when Awami League assumed power in 1996. Most part of the country was plunging into darkness at that time an...

Khaleda wants to avoid trial as she has a criminal mind: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has came down heavily on Begum Khaleda Zia for her audacious comment in the court and said that she wants to avoid the trial as she has a “criminal and escaping mind”. “Khaleda Zia didn’t appear before the court for a single time in the last six months, and standing on the court she said she ...

NEC approves Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100

 The National Economic Council (NEC) today approved the much anticipated Delta Plan 2100 in a bid to tap the huge potentials of Bangladesh as a Delta country through water resources management, ensuring food and water security and tackling disasters. The approval came from the NEC meeting today held at the NEC conference room in the city&r...

66% people supports HPM Sheikh Hasina's leadership: IRI Survey

The popularity of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has marked a significant rise as around 66 percent countrymen have lent out their support for the Bangladesh premier, alongside the Awami League-led government still rides on a good public support at 64 percent, said a survey of IRI. The Washington-based International Republican Institute (IRI) con...

Cabinet approves Bangladesh Labor (Amendment) Act, 2018

The Cabinet approved in principal the draft of Bangladesh Labour (Amendment) Act, 2018 aimed at making it friendlier for workers alongside disciplining workers and owners conduct for increased productivity. “The cabinet approved the law in the weekly cabinet meeting at Bangladesh Secretariat with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair,...

HPM Sheikh Hasina welcomes new political alliance

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today welcomed the emergence of a political alliance ahead of the upcoming elections expecting it to be contested by all every political parties. “I welcome their unity as opponents of Awami League should have a strong platform,” she told a press conference referring to the newly formed grouping under the...

HPM Sheikh Hasina blasts Myanmar for spreading misinformation about Rohingyas

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has accused Myanmar of spreading disinformation over their minority Rohingya population through misleading photographs of corpses, calling the act “disgusting”. “This is an act of magical trick . . . What they are doing is disgusting,” she said as foreign media investigations found Myanmar ar...

India-Bangladesh to work together for better lives of their people

Bangladesh and India has agreed to continue their joint endevours to better the lives of their two peoples as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina held talks with her counterpart Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the 4th BIMSTEC Summit. “The two premiers said they want to carry on their joint endevours for changing the fate of the people of the t...