The cabinet approved the draft of the 'Grihakarmi Surakkha and Kalyan Neeti-2015" (Domestichelp Protection and Welfare Policy-2015' recognizing the services of the domestichelps as 'labour' to ensure their overall welfare, particularly of maid servants.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed her firm optimism that members of the newly reformed Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) would perform their duties with utmost honesty and patriotism to uphold the goodwill and dignity of the border force and earn public confidence.
The government, led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has enhanced the country’s power generation capacity to 14, 077 megawatt (MW) from 3,268 MW inherited from the governments of 2001-2006 and 2007-2008, officials from Power Cell say.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia must take the responsibility of making the war criminals ministers and instigating them to carry out anti-state activities to turn Bangladesh into a failed state.
Prime Minister's Information and Communication Technology Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy said robotic technology will take Bangladesh to the level of developed nation.
Registration with biometric details for mobile-phone SIMs has officially taken off in Bangladesh after a month of trials.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the occasion of the 45th Victory Day.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today underscored the need for timely completion of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) for materialising the vision of the present government.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said, 'There is no power in the world which will be able to halt the continuous war crimes trial.'
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid rich tributes to the martyred intellectuals by placing a wreath at the Martyred Intellectuals Memorial at Mirpur in the city on the occasion of the Martyred Intellectuals Day.
Visiting US Undersecretary for Political Affairs Designate Thomas A. Shannon highly appreciated Bangladesh's leadership role in crucial areas and hoped to work together on climate change, security, women empowerment and other development issues.
Bangladesh has won the Child and Youth Finance International (CYFI) Country Award 2015 from Asia and the Pacific region, leaving India and Fiji behind, for massive financial inclusion activities, particularly in the area of school banking.
Visiting Governor of Tripura Tathagata Roy said Tripura is ready to export electricity to Bangladesh from its Palatona Power plant. He also hoped that the two country would be able to resolve the issue of sharing of waters of common rivers as India doesn't deny water sharing rights of Bangladesh.
World Bank's chief economist Kaushik Basu praised Bangladesh's economic growth over the last few years and said Bangladesh's constant economic growth over six percent is rare in the world.
After inaugurating the river training work for the Padma bridge, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that the Bangalis, when united, can do miracles.
The long-cherished dream of the countrymen has become true as the construction work on main bridge and river training of the two-tier Padma Multipurpose Bridge formally began today.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said there is no scope to deter a country's woman from doing job in any plea as Islam has given the opportunity to the women and guaranteed their rights in the working place.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina put emphasis on further enhancing military cooperation side by side with other fields between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
Reiterating his commitment to further help flourish country’s ICT sector, Prime Minister's Information and Communication Technology Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy said it is his personal goal to make Bangladesh’s IT export exceeding its garment export.
A two-day Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) Summit on ICT industry will start from tomorrow in the capital.
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