The Cabinet today approved the draft of the 'Formalin Control Bill, 2014' with proposal for tough punitive action against misuse and illegal trade of the liquid compound.
The Jatiya Sangsad (JS) today passed the national budget for fiscal year 2014-15 (FY15) involving Tk 2 lakh 50 thousand 506 crore, expecting to uphold the current pace of development to achieve a middle income country status as enshrined in the Vision-2021 of the alliance government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
A dinner was hosted at Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC) here today on the occasion of the passage of the national budget for the 2014- 15 fiscal year.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today greeted the countrymen and all Muslims across the world on the advent of the holy month of Ramadan.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged the BNP chairperson to refrain from undermining country's image abroad by "wailing before foreign masters" for a fresh poll.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said she loves to read. She may be very busy with meetings and other official business but she tries to manage time for reading.
Terming education as the only tool for turning the population into human resources, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said her government wants to spread scopes and facilities of education among all.
The government is going to establish a specialized school and a hospital for the special children who are suffering from Neuro Disorder and Autism.
Inflows of foreign direct investment into Bangladesh rose 24 percent year-on-year to $1.6 billion in 2013 although the country witnessed serious political unrest and an anti-business climate during the period.
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) on Tuesday approved three new development projects involving TK 503.86 crore, including one to address water logging in the port city Chittagong spending TK 289.44 crore.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina this morning paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by placing a wreath at his portrait in front of Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi in the city on the occasion of the 65th founding anniversary of Bangladesh Awami League.
Bangladesh is going to export pharmaceutical products and medical equipment to the island country Sri Lanka soon under government initiative. This is for the first time the government exports medicines and medical equipment to Sri Lanka.
Prime Minister’s ICT advisor, renowned ICT specialist Sajeeb Wazed Joy said digital revolution has been possible in the country only because of the Awami League. “Only the Awami League government has been able to establish e-governance in the country in a faster pace compared to the industrial sector.”
Bangladesh on Monday formally launched the ‘National Web Portal’ opening up a new horizon and a unique window for ensuring transparency and accountability in government activities, and building a developed, prosperous country free from hunger and poverty.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday received the certificate of Guinness World Record for successfully holding the "Lakho Kanthe Sonar Bangla Programme" in the capital on March 26 last.
The oldest and largest political party of Bangladesh, Awami League began its journey as a mighty political expression of the thitherto suppressed hopes and aspirations of the people living on the Padma- Meghna- Jamuna delta.
In a message on the 65th founding anniversary of Bangladesh Awami League, Prime Minster Sheikh Hasina recalled the days of adversity and triumph.
Union Information Service Centres (UISCs) has brought financial solvency, as the entrepreneurs of the UISCs have earned over Taka 138 crore through providing 11.50 crore of different kinds of online based services.
Prime Minister's Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy today said all the government services would be digitized by 2021. It will enable the service receivers to carry out their official work from home, he added.
Bangladesh plans to deliver machine readable passports to its workers in Saudi Arabia at an additional fee of $9, a lower rate than that charged in Malaysia or the United Arab Emirates.