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Bangladesh was plunging into darkness during BNP-Jamaat regime: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said the country’s drawback in power sector during BNP regime was unprecedented, which was not seen any part of the world. Bangladesh’s total electricity generation capacity was 1600-megawatt (MW) when Awami League assumed power in 1996. Most part of the country was plunging into darkness at that time an...

Khaleda wants to avoid trial as she has a criminal mind: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has came down heavily on Begum Khaleda Zia for her audacious comment in the court and said that she wants to avoid the trial as she has a “criminal and escaping mind”. “Khaleda Zia didn’t appear before the court for a single time in the last six months, and standing on the court she said she ...

NEC approves Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100

 The National Economic Council (NEC) today approved the much anticipated Delta Plan 2100 in a bid to tap the huge potentials of Bangladesh as a Delta country through water resources management, ensuring food and water security and tackling disasters. The approval came from the NEC meeting today held at the NEC conference room in the city&r...

66% people supports HPM Sheikh Hasina's leadership: IRI Survey

The popularity of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has marked a significant rise as around 66 percent countrymen have lent out their support for the Bangladesh premier, alongside the Awami League-led government still rides on a good public support at 64 percent, said a survey of IRI. The Washington-based International Republican Institute (IRI) con...

Cabinet approves Bangladesh Labor (Amendment) Act, 2018

The Cabinet approved in principal the draft of Bangladesh Labour (Amendment) Act, 2018 aimed at making it friendlier for workers alongside disciplining workers and owners conduct for increased productivity. “The cabinet approved the law in the weekly cabinet meeting at Bangladesh Secretariat with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair,...