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Sajeeb Wazed Joy amid youths like other years

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son and her ICT advisor Sajeeb Wazed Joy interacted, like previous years, with young changemakers through the fourth edition of Joy Bangla Youth Award. In October last year, the chairperson of CRI (Centre for Research & Information), the research wing of Bangladesh Awami League, joined an episode of CRI&...

Digital Bangladesh saved economy during pandemic: Sajeeb Wazed

Bangladesh has successfully contained the coronavirus pandemic and the economy has not also collapsed because of the benefits of "Digital Bangladesh", said Sajeeb Wazed Joy, ICT adviser to the prime minister. Sajeeb Wazed made the observation Tuesday night at a webinar organised to distribute the Joy Bangla Youth Award-2020. The CRI and Young B...

Construction of 8 LNG power plants with 3,471MW capacity underway

Eight power plants based on gas/Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) with a combined generation capacity of 3,471 megawatts (MW) were under construction. “The under-construction gas/LNG based power plants having generation capacity of 3,471 MW will begin operation in phases from December 2020 to December 2022,” State Mini...

BAKSAL was formed to unite the nation: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said that Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman had formed Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League to unite the nation, but this idea was misinterpreted. "What he had said during the constitutional amendment has taken an opposite interpretation. He had taken an excellent initiative to bring change to...

HPM Sheikh Hasina unveils Bangabandhu pavillion

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina opened a pavilion “Prodorshonite Bangabandhu” (Bangabandhu on display) at the South Plaza of the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) in the capital on Sunday afternoon, reports BSS. She inaugurated the pavilion marking the special session of parliament on the occasion of “Mujib Borsho” to pay rich tribute to...