Awami League depends on people, not on external force: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said her party would remain in office if the people vote it to power in the next election while it does not bank on any force abroad for retaining power. “We depend on the people, not any outside force to remain in power,” the prime minister told a press conference at her Ganobhaban official residenc...

HPM Sheikh Hasina insists immediate implementation of UN deal

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has once again blamed Myanmar, this time in her address to the annual UN gathering, for delaying the process to take back the Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh. A permanent and sustainable repatriation of the Rohingyas is yet to begin despite several treaties signed on the issue between Bangladesh and Myanmar, Hasin...

HPM Sheikh Hasina for reforms in UN Peacekeeping missions

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said being a leading contributor to the UN peacekeeping forces Bangladesh wants blue helmet missions’ reforms and elevated dignity as they now appeared to be faced with growing and newer “unconventional threats”. “The peacekeepers are now deployed in certain places where there is no peace...

HPM Sheikh Hasina for low-cost technology transfer

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the international community to ensure easy transfer of technology at low cost among the countries across the world to face the possible challenges during the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. “The global community has a responsibility to ensure easy transfer of technology at low cost among the...

HPM Sheikh Hasina urges UN to play a role in making a safer digital world

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called the UN to play an effective role in making the digital world safer and continue its work on norm setting for information security. “UN can play a critical role in making the digital world safer. The work on norm-setting in information security should continue,” she said in a statement at a hig...