BNP’s arson attack will be tackled strictly

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said if BNP again chooses the path of arson attack in the name of taking to the streets, it will be handled with an iron hand, reports BSS. "If they (BNP) again resort to arson terrorism in the name of taking stance on streets, they will be resi...

Bangladesh a victim of global economic crisis

Dr. Atiur Rahman:  Like many other emerging economies, Bangladesh is also a victim of the global economic crisis. As indicated by the World Economic Outlook of the IMF, a fear of global recession coupled with rising inflation has been looming large leading to unprecedented financial turbulences across the board. When the world economy was ...

Bangladesh is a valued member of the UN: UN chief Antonio Guterres - Lauds Bangladesh’s socio-economic development

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has termed Bangladesh a friend of the UN and lauded Bangladesh’s socio-economic development under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. He said Bangladesh is a valued member of the UN and is making an important contribution to the work of the global body. The UN chief made the rem...

Bangabandhu’s commitment to people’s rights and democracy

Aleem Haider: It took thousands of years for the Bengali nation to attain the rights to express their likes and dislikes and to exercise their rights. The Father of the Nation Sheikh Mujibur Rahman became the torchbearer, guiding the nation to realise their rights and achieve the long-cherished freedom. He did not stop there. He brought the fru...

Bangladesh template for development success: Financial Times

A recent article, published by British daily the Financial Times, said the rise of Bangladesh as a "development success story," is "a template for a host of African nations." Bangladesh offers a glimpse of what is genuinely possible and a rebuke to those who see past national performance as a guide to future prospects, reads the article by Davi...

Sajeeb Wazed Joy, the Pioneer of Digital Bangladesh

Hiren Pandit: Under the leadership of Sajib Wazed Joy, the country has moved from a labor-based economy to a technology-based economy. We are now enjoying the developed form of Digital Bangladesh in our daily life. From the treatment of life-threatening diseases, online technology has become a means of human communication.60 percent of the tota...

Joy Of Big Dreams

From the days of Bengal renaissance, dreaming big has been distinct Bengali quality. That is why Gopal Krishna Gokhale said: “What Bengal thinks today, India thinks tomorrow”.  Bengal was broken up by the 1947 Partition, but great Bengalis never ceased to dream big in post-colonial South Asia. Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman ...

Bangladesh economy more stable than other South Asian countries: Nikkei Asia

The world’s leading financial newspaper Nikkei sees Bangladesh as an exception in the current economic situation in South Asia. In their recent report titled “Beyond Sri Lanka, economic cyclone bears down on South Asia”, Nikkei has detailed the economic pictures of Sri Lanka, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Maldives and Bangladesh. Th...

From Bangabandhu to Sheikh Hasina: Building a Digital State from the Idea of Golden Bengal

The Padma Bridge is officially inaugurated on June 25, 2022. Both national and international media published the news of the inauguration of this bridge. It draws high praise from the international community and organizations. But this path was not easy. After the formation of the Awami League government under the leadership of Sheikh Hasina in ...

The 42 pillars of the Padma Bridge are the reflection of a courageous Bangladesh: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the government didn’t become disappointed as the construction of the Padma Bridge has been delayed for two years due to conspiracy. "The 42 pillars of the Padma Bridge are the reflection of a courageous Bangladesh," she said. The Premier made this remark while responding to a tabled questio...

Bangladesh lifting vulnerable populations from poverty trap: Sajeeb Wazed

Prime Minister's ICT Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy has said Bangladesh is now lifting its vulnerable population from a self-perpetuating cycle of poverty trap. "Lack of resources, not lack of will or talent, prevent the poor from improving their circumstances. In Bangladesh, as elsewhere, the very poor get caught in a self-perpetuating cycle," Joy s...

HPM Sheikh Hasina Inspects Flood Situation in Sylhet, Netrokona, Sunamganj

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today inspected the flood situation in Sylhet, Sunamganj, Netrokona and adjacent areas. The premier witnessed the flood situation for herself as the helicopter carrying her hovered over the affected areas maintaining the "low fly mode". Later, she landed at the Sylhet Osmani International Airport and then went to S...

Awami League stands against communalism, BNP's falsehood

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said that the 6.15 kilometre long Padma Bridge is the symbol of dignity as well as revenge to humiliation. "It is the dream bridge of Sheikh Hasina. The Padma Bridge is the golden outcome of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's bold courage, which proved our ability and capacity," he told a pre...

Six-Point Demands: Roadmap For Bangladesh’s Emancipation

On 7th June in 1966, the people of the then East Pakistan observed a general strike in the province in support of the Awami League's Six-Point demands of autonomy announced a few months earlier by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The strike, in the course of which a number of individuals were killed in police firing and a number of others were injured, w...

Awami League always fulfils its election pledges to the people: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday expressed satisfaction that her ruling Awami League party has been able to fulfil its election pledges to the people. She said this in her introductory speech at the Awami League Advisory Council meeting held at her official residence Ganobhaban. At the outset of the meeting observed one-minute silence...

Awami League ready to stop BNP's anarchy

Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said that if BNP wanted to create anarchy on the streets in the name of movement, it would be handled with an iron hand. ‘Chhatra Dal has been sent to field threatening to kill Bangabandhu’s daughter Sheikh Hasina...everything has an end. Mirza Fakhrul, don’t play with f...

CIRDAP awards HPM Sheikh Hasina for her contribution in Bangladesh's rural development

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said her government is developing the country in a planned manner from the grassroots. “My party Awami League has given priority to the development of rural areas of the country as desired development is not possible leaving the grass root people behind,” she said. The premier came up with the...

BNP's slogan reveals its vicious character

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday said the BNP's slogan - 'let the weapons of the 15 August roar once again' - has exposed its murderous character. He made the remark while addressing a press conference at his official residence in the city on Sunday morning. Quader, also the road transport and bridges minister, said in t...

BNP wants to seize state power through terrorism

Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday described BNP as an internationally recognized terrorist political party and said BNP wants to grab state power through terrorism. He was addressing a discussion arranged by Bangladesh Chhatra League marking Awami League President and Prime Mi...

Bangladesh: An example of how to use "Digital Systems' to fight Coronavirus

By the time, Bangladesh detected the first case of coronavirus on March 8, 2020, the country has become an enlightened digital state. As electricity and the internet have reached remote villages, the government ensured all necessary services for the ordinary people maintaining social distances during the pandemic. Before the 2008 general electio...