Dr. Pranab Kumar Panday: Since Sheikh Hasina came to office in 2009, Bangladesh has changed dramatically. She has led the country to unprecedented heights of prosperity, social advancement, and political stability. The country's tremendous economic growth is one of the crowning achievements of the Sheikh Hasina government. Over the past decade,...
Abdullah Al Noman Shamim: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is considered to be a right-wing conservative party that has been in power in Bangladesh on several occasions, with its most recent stint being from 2001 to 2006. Since its inception, the party has produced a different direction that is not in line with the main ideology of the strugg...
As a long-standing partner, World Bank Group President David Malpass has said that they will support Bangladesh as it navigates a challenging global environment on its way to reaching upper-middle-income status by 2031. “I am confident that with the right set of policies and timely action, Bangladesh can achieve its growth aspirations,&rd...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday blamed the external pressure for the cancellation of $1.2 billion credit the World Bank had committed to financing the iconic Padma Bridge that Bangladesh finally constructed with its own money. "I regret that the World Bank moved away from financing this most important project (Padma Multi-purpose Bridge)...
Kristalina Georgieva, the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), called Bangladesh's economy a 'model' for the world. Foreign Minister AKM Abdul Momen said she made these comments during a courtesy call on Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the Riz Carlton Hotel in Washington DC on Saturday. The Foreign Minister sa...
Between 2001 and 2006, the BNP-Jamaat government embezzled funds from the power sector. Tarique Rahman, son of Khaleda Zia, illegally obtained and smuggled approximately Tk 10,000 crore under the guise of electricity, resulting in a decrease in power generation capacity. This affected rural farmers and caused an acute shortage of fresh water in ...
During Khaleda Zia's tenure as prime minister from 2001 to 2006, farmers suffered significant losses due to the scarcity of electricity for irrigation. Furthermore, the BNP-Jamaat leaders' involvement in a scandal prevented small farmers from planting their crops altogether. The power crisis left farmers with no choice but to rely on diesel or k...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said that democracy in Bangladesh is practised only by her party, the Awami League, which has a history of holding free elections. “The Awami League practises a democratic system, and fair democratic practices prevail during the Awami League's rule,” she said. The prime minister, now on a fo...
Bangladesh is a densely populated country in South Asia. Agriculture is a significant contributor to our country's GDP. To increase crop yields and guarantee food security, fertilisers play a crucial role. Even 15–20 years ago, farmers in Bangladesh would have been hard hit by a lack of fertiliser, leading to lower crop yields and widespre...
Hiren Pandit: Sheikh Mujib was a well-known face at the forefront of the rights movement since his student life. In his long political career, he led several movements from the front line. He went to jail many times, and the people of Bengal freed him. In whose eyes 7.5 crore Bengalis saw the dream of an independent Bangladesh, and jumped into ...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday (16 April) said that political leadership and decision- and not military rule -- is the most important matter for a country to prosper. "Whenever our country was outside this political decision, which means under direct or indirect military rule, it did not register its development and prosperity. The peop...
Shams Rahman: It is true that in the past the BNP was in government for several terms. Sometimes by way of an election after seizing power through military coups, sometimes by direct or indirect support of Jamaat-e-Islam. Since 2013 the party has been frantically trying to return to state power. However, so far, the approach it employed has alw...
The Awami League played a crucial role in leading the liberation struggle and War of Independence of Bangladesh and has since been dedicated to establishing a humane social order. The party strives to uphold democracy and ensure the basic rights, safety, and progress of all Bengali citizens. Throughout Bangladesh's history, the Awami League has...
Bangladesh has been unanimously elected a member of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) for a four-year term, 2024-2028. The election was held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York yesterday. Along with Bangladesh, Belgium, the Netherlands, Sri Lanka, Mali, Romania, Bolivia, Brazil, and Colombia have also been elected to th...
Hiren Pandit: The United States has yet to condemn the 1971 genocide and atrocities. Although the larger population of that country was in favor of humanity. The United States, a claimant to humanity, supported human rights violations that day. Even after the victory in 1971, Bangladesh was not accepted by Pakistan and the United States. For Ban...
Brandishing firearm a local BNP leader fired bullets on activists of Jubo League and Bangladesh Chhatra League in Natore today while they were holding a peace rally, rising the specter of violent politics BNP Jamaat combine demonstrated back in 2013. A video of the attack shows, the acting convener of BNP’s local unit, Sahidul Islam Bacch...
Dr. Rashid Askari: It's really a shock to the system that one of the leading newspapers of the country—the daily Prothom Alo on the last Independence Day (March 26, 2023) published a piece of news that has stirred up a real hornets’ nest. A correspondent by the name of Shamsuzzaman has filed the report that hints at ...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the government will mechanise the agriculture through multipurpose rural cooperatives to boost production of food and other crops. "We are taking an initiative to mechanise the agriculture through multipurpose rural cooperatives system which was initially taken up by the Father of the Nation Bangab...
US President Joe Biden has said his country made a commitment to finding long-term solutions to the Rohingya refugee crisis and holding perpetrators of the atrocities accountable. “You set an example for the world of empathy and generosity in practice,” the US President wrote in a letter to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The US Emba...
Bangladesh changing under the leadership of Honorable Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
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