Bangladesh has progressed on the UNDP’s Human Development Index with significant strides in closing the gap between men and women.
The new Monetary Policy Statement (MPS), announced on Saturday, 26th July, 2014 by the Bangladesh Bank (BB), aims at boosting investment, but puts weight on containing inflation to help achieve fiscal target of non-inflationary growth.
President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today greeted the countrymen as well as the Muslims across the world on the occasion of holy Eid-ul-Fitr, the greatest festival of the Muslim Ummah.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today termed her just-concluded visit to the United Kingdom as very successful and fruitful and expressed firm confidence that the existing good relations between Bangladesh and the UK would be raised to a new height through it.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina refuted the allegation of making an entente by her government with Jamaat-e-Islami and said Awami League does not do such dirty politics.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the expatriate Bangladeshis, especially Sylhet diaspora, to invest in Bangladesh in a bigger volume.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said BNP has failed in movement like their ill attempts to thwart the polls, as it has no public support.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today called upon the UK government to set up an international- standard testing laboratory in Bangladesh for energy solution.
UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake described Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as the symbol of liberal progressive global leader and highly appreciated her for her government steps to protect child rights.
The United Kingdom government today pledged to work together with the present Bangladesh government and said its (UK) assistance in Bangladesh would continue.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was accorded a warm reception as she arrived here this afternoon on a three-day official visit to the United Kingdom to attend the first-ever Girl Summit.
The government today set 33,200 million US dollars as export target for the current 2014-15 fiscal year, up from the US$30,500m target of the outgoing (2013- 14) fiscal.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today directed all concerned of the Agriculture Ministry to be more active to implement every development project on time by maintaining the quality.
Bangladesh is set to highlight its firm commitment to eliminate child marriage by incorporating its various steps as the country is taking part in the Girl Summit, 2014 in the United Kingdom.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today hosted an Iftar party in honour of the leaders of various professional organisations at her official Ganobhaban residence here.
Welcoming criticisms from journalists over her government’s various programmes, the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Friday urged the media people to be careful so that their criticisms do not hamper the country’s development.
Bangladesh and Bhutan today agreed to work together more effectively for combating money laundering and terror financing through exchanging related information.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today reiterated her firm commitment to decentralize power for empowerment and more participation of the people in running state and the national development activities.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today called upon the well-off people of the country to come forward to flourish the talent of the physically-challenged people.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to fly to the United Kingdom on July 21 to attend the first Girl Summit that aims to improve condition of women in poor countries.