The nation observed the historic 6-Point Day recalling the launching of a programme 50 years ago under the leadership of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman which eventually led to emergence of Bangladesh as an independent state.
Describing the killing of the wife of a police officer in Chittagong as a cowardly act, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has vowed to bring the perpetrators of such a secret killing to justice.
Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia pledged to work together for global peace, development and further welfare of the Muslim Ummah as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud held a meeting at this major western Saudi city on the coast of Red Sea.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged Saudi entrepreneurs to be "partners" of Bangladesh in investment, trade, profit sharing and prosperity to bring a change in the life of millions of people.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has requested the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) to cut the interest rate of International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC), an autonomous entity within the IDB, to make its lending rate more "competitive" for the country's oil-import purpose.
Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Secretary General Iyad bin Amin Madani has sought Bangladesh's support to replicate its (Bangladesh) tremendous success in the fields of NGO, women empowerment and micro-financing in other Muslim countries.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina laid the foundation stone of Bangladesh Chancery Building in Riyadh, saying that having such an embassy building is a symbol of an independent country.
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid asked DESCO officials to improve professionalism and its service aimed at completion of projects in time.
A report, released by the US State Department, deemed an array of measures, as undertaken by Bangladesh, to counter global terror financing, noteworthy while the country’s growing participation in the global fight against the growing menace of extremism earned strong appreciation.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said her government would soon form 'National Spatial Data Infrastructure' (NSDI) to generate geo-data and digital mapping aimed at country's planned development.
The cabinet in principle gave an approval to the draft of "The Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) Law, 2016" revising the existing law to make it compatible with international practices.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged Japanese companies to invest in Bangladesh and said her government would open up 'new frontiers of production' for them.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has held the BNP and its allies responsible for the recent target killings in Bangladesh. The killings, according to her, were aimed at destabilising the country and foiling the war crimes trials.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday inaugurated Bangladesh’s own embassy complex in Tokyo hoping that the existing relations with Japan will be strengthened further.
Bangladesh proposed developing a common platform for flow of remittance in the SAARC region and said Sri Lanka may share its initiative to constitute a financial centre to this end.
Japan assured Bangladesh of fulfilling its commitment to provide Bangladesh with US$ 6 billion and under the arrangement, Bangladesh would get US$ 1.5 billion this year.
British Prime Minister David Cameron expressed his country's willingness to be part of Bangladesh's success story as he held a meeting with his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina on the sidelines of G7 outreach meeting here.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged the developed countries including G7 nations to be more gracious in technology transfer, resource mobilization and capacity building of the poor countries to overcome the challenges of implementing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina attended the Outreach Meeting of the G7 countries, representing world's seven major advanced economies.
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) approved six projects, including the Dhaka Water Supply Network Development one, involving a total of Tk 6,950.23 crore.
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