No problem with movement, but don’t go for violence: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister and Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina today hinted that no dialogue would be held prior to the next general election, saying any party can take part in the polls, if it wants. "Bangladesh has multi-party democracy and an independent Election Commission. If any party wants to participate in the (next general) election, they...

UAE seeks Bangladesh's further cooperation to expand air connectivity

State Minister of United Arab Emirates for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Ahmed bin Ali Al Sayegh today sought more cooperation from Bangladesh to expand the air connectivity between Bangladesh and the UAE. The UAE State Minister said this while paying a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence Gana...

BNP didn't give people anything except murder, repression: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina said that the BNP did not give anything to the people rather resorting to the politics of killing, torture and filing false cases one after another alongside making own fortunes by plundering public money, conducting arms trading and siphoning off money. She reminded the countrymen that BN...

HPM Sheikh Hasina inaugurates 50 industrial units in Economic Zones across the country

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today inaugurated 50 industrial units, projects and facilities in the Economic Zones (EZs) across the country. She opened the industrial establishments in the EZs virtually from her official Ganabhaban residence here this morning, marking the Golden Jubilee of the country's Independence and the Birth Centenary of Fa...

HPM Sheikh Hasina opens 'Made In Bangladesh ' week

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday inaugurated "Made in Bangladesh Week-2022", aiming to showcase the capability of the country's apparel sector before the world. The week-long event was opened this morning at the Hall of Fame of Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC) in Dhaka with the theme of "Care for Fashion" which will cont...

Zia-Mustaque wanted to spoil our victory and completely distort history: PM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday told Parliament that those who killed Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman committed the November 3 jail massacre in 1975. “Four national leaders were killed in the central jail, which is a protected place. The killers of Father of the Nation – including Zia and Mustaque &nd...

Bangladesh faring better than many developed nations amid the global recession: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday told the Parliament that the opposition parties are trying to create political instability in the country, taking advantage of the ongoing economic crisis. “When the country is in a transition period (crisis), I’ve not seen such worry among those who are in our opposition. Rather I’ve ...

HPm Sheikh Hasina pays tribute to Bangabandhu and martyrs of the Jail Killing Day

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and four national leaders marking Jail Killing Day. In showing respect to the memory of the Father of the Nation and the four national leaders, the premier placed wreaths at the portrait of Bangabandhu in front of the Bangabandhu Memo...

Conspiracies against Sheikh Hasina and Bangladesh

Dr. Rashid Askari: Conspiracies against Sheikh Hasina both as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh and the daughter of the Father of the Nation are not new. She had survived the cruellest 1975 August conspiracy by sheer luck. But after her father’s assassination, everything seemed to have conspired to make her life a misery. She is still haun...

BNP's democracy means carrying out torture and oppression on opposition: Sajeeb Wazed

BNP's democracy meant carrying out torture and oppression on opposition party as BNP-Jamaat government used to foil Awami League rally through charging batons and firing tear-gas, Prime Minister's ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy said. He came up with the comment in a facebook post from his verified account this evening. A photograph of a n...

Govt making every force efficient to protect country from external threats: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said her government is building each force as capable to protect the country's independence and sovereignty. "We don't want war, we want peace. But, we should achieve the capability to protect the country from external attack, so we can defend our independence and sovereignty. We are preparing all the forces a...

HPM Sheikh Hasina launches several projects to upgrade Payra Seaport

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday inaugurated several development projects, including capital dredging of a key channel, aimed at creating better facilities at Payra Seaport for its smooth operations. The prime minister inaugurated the development programs through video conference from her official residence Ganabhaban. Under the progra...

Put people before profits: HPM Sheikh Hasina urges businessmen

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday asked businessmen to put Bangladesh and its people before profits. “There is no Hawa Bhaban and development wing at the PMO to share your profits with,” she said. Sheikh Hasina was speaking at a meeting with importers and exporters of consumer goods. She said in the last 14 years during th...

PM Sheikh Hasina to open several development projects at Payra Seaport

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to inaugurate and lay the foundation stones of several development schemes at Payra Seaport tomorrow to ensure its smooth operations with better facilities. The development works include capital dredging of the port, inauguration of eight ships, the first terminal and construction of a six-lane approach ...

4 lakh people living in PM’s gift houses: They didn’t have to go to cyclone shelters

Disaster-resilient houses of Asrayan project, a prime initiative of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for sheltering the poor, have proved their worthiness as these houses provided safe shelter to nearly four lakh people of 19 coastal districts during the devastating cyclone ‘Sitrang’ on Monday. The four lakh people living in disaster-re...

PM Sheikh Hasina instructs partymen to remain beside people to address Cyclone Sitrang

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said the leaders and workers of the ruling AL and its associated bodies will remain beside the coastal people in addressing the Cyclone Sitrang. “AL President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have instructed the leaders and activists of Awami League and its affiliated organisations to stand by...

HPM Sheikh Hasina instructs party leaders and govt officials to take all-out preparation to face Cyclone Sitrang

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is taking information from the field levels and giving requisite instructions to the authorities concerned aimed at protecting lives and properties from the severe cyclone 'Sitrang' that may hit Bangladesh's coastal areas tomorrow. "The Prime Minister is observing the overall situation stemming from the cyclone Sitra...

PM Sheikh Hasina opens reactor pressure vessel installation for RNPP Unit-2

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today inaugurated installation of the reactor pressure vessel (RPV) at Unit-2 of the 2400MW Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP), enabling Bangladesh to reach nearer to produce electricity from nuclear. The premier joined virtually the opening ceremony at the RNPP in Ishwardi of Pabna from her official Ganabhaban resid...

Stop war and politics with food: HPM Sheikh Hasina urges global community

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged the international community to stop war and politics with food and reach food to all as over 800 million people go to bed hungry globally, which are getting worsened due to the Russia-Ukraine war. "I plead to the international community to stop war, stop politics with food, and stop wastage of food. Inste...

Bangladesh-Brunei sign four MoUs and agree on energy cooperation

Bangladesh and Brunei Darussalam on Sunday agreed to explore mechanisms for long-term collaboration in the energy sector, particularly in the supply of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and other petroleum products to Bangladesh. Visiting Brunei Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah and Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina agreed for a long-term collaborat...