HPM Sheikh Hasina offers Nepal use of Payra Port

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has offered Nepal the use of Payra port at a bilateral meeting with her Nepalese counterpart Pushpa Kamal Dahal on the sidelines of the UN Food Systems Summit in the FAO headquarters. "Bangladesh already opened the Chalna and Chattogram ports for Nepal. Nepal can use the newly constructed Payra port as well," Foreig...

Ensure sustainable development: HPM Sheikh Hasina calls upon wolrd leaders

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called on world leaders to emphasise sustainable development and warned the adaptation process will fail to provide lasting protection to the most vulnerable countries unless the current trend of climate change is stemmed. The prime minister was addressing a programme commemorating the birth centenary of Bangaba...

Bangladesh to increase cooperation on power generation with Nepal

Bangladesh has signed a memorandum of understanding with Nepal to increase cooperation in the power sector and speed up the process of importing hydro-electricity from Nepal. Apart from the import of hydro-electricity from Nepal through India, the MoU includes investments by Bangladesh in Nepal’s power sector. Nasrul Hamid, state ministe...

PM Sheikh Hasina directs officials to treat the injured Bangladeshis and Nepalis in Bangladesh

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked authorities concerned to take preventive measures to avoid air crashes like US-Bangla Airlines plane in future. While chairing a high-level emergency meeting at the Prime Minister's Office here this morning, the prime minister also directed the ministries and divisions concerned and the airline operat...