Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called upon the US business community to invest largely in Bangladesh's renewable energy, shipbuilding, automobile and pharmaceuticals sectors, reiterating her offer of a dedicated 'special economic zone' (SEZ) solely for them. "I invite you to invest in our many vibrant and high-potential sectors, such as renew...
As a long-standing partner, World Bank Group President David Malpass has said that they will support Bangladesh as it navigates a challenging global environment on its way to reaching upper-middle-income status by 2031. “I am confident that with the right set of policies and timely action, Bangladesh can achieve its growth aspirations,&rd...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday urged the World Bank and other development partners to find out viable alternatives to help economies like Bangladesh cope better with the stress, caused by the pandemic, armed conflicts and climate emergency. “The ongoing global multiple crises, caused by the pandemic, armed conflicts and climate em...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday blamed the external pressure for the cancellation of $1.2 billion credit the World Bank had committed to financing the iconic Padma Bridge that Bangladesh finally constructed with its own money. "I regret that the World Bank moved away from financing this most important project (Padma Multi-purpose Bridge)...
Kristalina Georgieva, the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), called Bangladesh's economy a 'model' for the world. Foreign Minister AKM Abdul Momen said she made these comments during a courtesy call on Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the Riz Carlton Hotel in Washington DC on Saturday. The Foreign Minister sa...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said that democracy in Bangladesh is practised only by her party, the Awami League, which has a history of holding free elections. “The Awami League practises a democratic system, and fair democratic practices prevail during the Awami League's rule,” she said. The prime minister, now on a fo...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today paid deep homage to the Japanese who raised voice during the great War of Liberation of Bangladesh and hoped the new generation would carry forward the 'lasting friendship' and 'enviable partnership' between the two country in the years to come . "I am confident that the people of Japan will always be on our si...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said Bangladesh is going to be a regional hub for investment, industrialization and export due to the government's pragmatic policies, calling for more Japanese investment in larger volumes. "With our pragmatic policies and Vision, Bangladesh is guaranteed to emerge as a regional hub for investment, industriali...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said Bangladesh and Japan have successfully elevated the bilateral relations to a "Strategic Partnership" from the existing "Comprehensive Partnership". "Prime Minister Kishida and I have discussed today the entire gamut of our bilateral relations. We are happy that Bangladesh and Japan have successfully eleva...
Dhaka and Tokyo on Wednesday signed eight instruments on the second day of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's four-day state visit to Japan at the invitation of her Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida. Those were signed on agriculture, metro rail, industrial upgrade, ship recycling, customs matters, intellectual properties, defence cooper...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said her government must hold the trials of the mass killings of military officials during the regime of military dictator Ziaur Rahman and the arson terrorism sponsored by the BNP-Jamaat clique from 2013 to 2015. "I have no word to console you. I am one of you as I heard one day that I have nothing (after ass...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday (16 April) said that political leadership and decision- and not military rule -- is the most important matter for a country to prosper. "Whenever our country was outside this political decision, which means under direct or indirect military rule, it did not register its development and prosperity. The peop...
Prime Minister and Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina said "There would be no extreme poor in Bangladesh". She said the Awami League government is doing everything possible that include giving houses free of cost, reaching healthcare services to people's doorsteps and increasing the education rate for changing the fate of the country...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina came down heavily on a few parliament members as they are advocating against Article 70 in the Constitution despite the article having given sustainability to the government and thus the development. "Article 70 has given protection to democracy alongside further strengthening it to reach its benefit to the people. B...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday came down heavily on the Prothom Alo saying that the Bengali language daily is the enemy of her ruling Awami League party, democracy and the people of the country. "The name of the paper is Prothom Alo (first light), but it lives in darkness. Prothom Alo is the enemy of democracy and the people of the coun...
Bangladesh has been unanimously elected a member of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) for a four-year term, 2024-2028. The election was held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York yesterday. Along with Bangladesh, Belgium, the Netherlands, Sri Lanka, Mali, Romania, Bolivia, Brazil, and Colombia have also been elected to th...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the government will assist the Bangabazar businesspeople as much as possible after estimating the damages caused by Tuesday's fire. "I've already assured that we will help them as much as we can. We'll assess who incurred how much loss," she said addressing an event at her official residence Ganabhaban. ...
BNP leaders and activists brutally beat up the journalists whom they had invited to an Iftar event in Pallabi the capital on March 31. This is not the first time that such an incident has occurred. Last year on September 26, during a rally in Dhanmondi, BNP leaders recklessly attacked journalists, breaking the cameras of television journalists. ...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the government will mechanise the agriculture through multipurpose rural cooperatives to boost production of food and other crops. "We are taking an initiative to mechanise the agriculture through multipurpose rural cooperatives system which was initially taken up by the Father of the Nation Bangab...
US President Joe Biden has said his country made a commitment to finding long-term solutions to the Rohingya refugee crisis and holding perpetrators of the atrocities accountable. “You set an example for the world of empathy and generosity in practice,” the US President wrote in a letter to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The US Emba...
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