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Be prepared to prevent any attack on sovereignty: HPM Sheikh Hasina to armed forces

Prime Minister expressed her satisfaction over the cantonment being named after Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's youngest son Sheikh Russel. "Two of my brothers were army members [Captain Sheikh Kamal and Lieutenant Sheikh Jamal] … Russel was our youngest brother and we lost him too." Sheikh Russel aspired to become an army officer, Has...

Today we've fulfilled the commitments we made to the people: HPM Sheikh Hasina

The prime minister said AL restored democracy and returned the power to the people, which had been detained in the containment and pockets of Ziaur Rahman and HM Ershad or in the fringe of Khaleda Zia's saree. "Now if BNP leaders don't see democracy and development, there is nothing to say," she said, adding that BNP leaders have a quality th...

Not a single person will be left homeless: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said her government is creating a scope for the survival of people who don't have a home or an address.  She said, "The day is not far when not a single person will be left without address or homeless and landless." The prime minister said this in a meeting of the National Implementation Committee for Fa...

Bangladesh's advancement towards development will continue: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina firmly declared that no one can play foul with the people of Bangladesh now. "No one will be able to play with Bangladesh...No one can play ducks and drakes with the fate of the people of Bangladesh," she said. The prime minister was addressing the opening ceremony of the four-day long "Joy Banglar Joyotsob" at the...

Bangladesh at 51: From 'basket case' to development model

Steady economic growth, timely social and development policies, population control, national and rural infrastructure, education, women empowerment, electrification, expansion of low-cost health service, better disaster management, economic inclusion, the role of NGOs are thought to have played the key role in Bangladesh’s enviable success.