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HPM Sheikh Hasina thanks Indian PM Narendra Modi for COVID-19 vaccines

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday thanked her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for sending the Oxford vaccine produced in India as a gift for Bangladesh. “I’m thanking Prime Minister Narendra Modi for sending the vaccine as a gift,” she said, adding that the procured vaccine will come soon from India as planned. The Pr...

5 canals in capital come back to life

Manda, Jirani, Shyampur, Segunbagicha and Panthapath canals in the capital are getting new life as Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) is restoring navigability and connection of the canals with rivers under a crash programme. The DSCC is also conducting cleanliness, boundary demarcation and eviction drives on both banks of the canals under the...

Bangladesh govt rolls out new stimulus package worth Tk 27 billion

The government has announced two more stimulus packages worth Tk 27 billion to help small, medium and cottage industries and expand social safety coverage. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has approved the new packages to cushion small businesses against the effects of the pandemic, the finance ministry said in a statement on Sunday. Bangladesh ha...

Bangladesh prospering because people voted Awami League: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Laying emphasis on continuation of the ongoing pace of development works, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said Bangladesh becomes a dignified and self-reliant developing nation as the people have voted the Awami League government for a long tenure. “Bangladesh is no more known as the country of natural calamities, cyclone...

Bangabandhu’s Jan 10 speech has all guidelines to run an independent state: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister and Bangladesh Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina said Bangabandhu's January 10, 1972 speech has all the guidelines required to run an independent state. "The January 10, 1972 speech of Bangabandhu at the Racecourse Maidan on his return to the country from Pakistani captivity has all the required guidelines to run an indep...