BAGERHAAT, Nov 13, 2013 "People didn't respond to their hartal. So, BNP has made common people hostage and is killing them by carrying out secret attacks, burning them alive and setting fire to public transports," she said. "BNP through its barbaric attitude has proved that they are no more humans," the Prime Minister said while address...
"Begum Zia has become stubborn that she will in no way participate in the upcoming polls as there is no scope for capturing power and vote rigging," Prime minister Sheikh Hasina said this while she was addressing a mammoth rally in kotalipara today. Mentioning that Awami League does not believe in vote rigging, she said vote belongs to p...
Bangladesh, starving for less than 4,000 megawatt electricity only five years back, today celebrated touching the milestone of power generation capacity of 10,000-MW with a grand and cheerful elation. The celebration was launched this evening with a spectacular fireworks and laser show at picturesque Hatirjheel Lake, enjoyed by thou...
Expressing her deep annoyance over frequent hartal , Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that "BNP believes in politics of destruction. They don't know the language of peace, they are familiar with the politics of weapons . . . BNP is only qualified for corruption and murder,’’ The premier said this while she was addressing a huge publ...
"I cannot tolerate the sufferings of the people. I want peace and development of the people, not the prime ministership," The Prime Minister said BNP and Jamaat cadres are now burning the people to death in the name of hartal. "Believe me, I feel so much pain, when I see the way the people is being burnt by the BNP-Jamaat cadres. It seem...
"BNP was born from the pocket of a military dictator who grabbed power through coup and plot and violating the constitution. That's why the party does not understand the language of democracy, what it understands well is killing people by torturing and burning, "When the BNP comes to power, they cannot change the lot of the people, they ...
Shutdown and dialogue cannot go together, Sajeeb Ahmed Wazed Joy has said as he urged the Opposition to call off its 72-hour shutdown. "The Opposition party is perpetrating terrorism while calling for a dialogue," he told a rally, organised by Awami League in Sylhet City on Friday.
"We want to hold elections with the participation of all political parties. Stop killing innocent people in the name of movement to protect the war criminals. Come for discussion and let people live in peace," she said. The Prime Minister said this while she was addressing a huge public meeting at Freedom Fighter Nurul Islam Commander Ch...
Prime Minister and Leader of the House Sheikh Hasina today said the construction work on the Padma Bridge Project is underway. "The work on implementation of the Padma Bridge Project at an estimated cost of Taka 20,507.20 crore or 2.97 billion US dollars with own funding of the government is going on," she said. The Prime Minister said...
"Every sector of the country witnessed development as the Awami League is at the helm of state affairs. Other parties ruled the country for 28 years, but could not take the country forward, as they were busy with making their own fortune," Awami League could achieve the success, as the party believes in people's welfare and progress, Pri...
"We want to frame Qaumi madrasa policy in consultation with all concerned. We don't want to hurt anybody and create any unrest centering the policy," PM Sheikh Hasna said this while she was delivering her introductory speech at a meeting with Alems, Ulema, Mashayekh and the leaders of various Islamic organizations held at her official Go...
I would like to tell the opposition leader to call off hartal. The door for discussion remains open. But, after withdrawing hartal, you will have to make a promise that you won't play ducks and drakes with the fate of the people," The Prime Minister said this while addressing a mammoth public rally at Suhrawardy Udyan here this afternoon.
"BNP and Jamaat are resorting to repression and torture on the people in the name of movement. So, you will have to put up resistance against those who are out to keep people without food by creating anarchy and terrorism and killing them by hurling bombs," PM Sheikh Hasina said this while addressing a mammoth public rally organized by R...
While sharing views with around 200 students from different educational institutes from Khulna, Sajeeb Wazed Joy ; grandson of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and son of the honourable PM Sheikh Hasina , has stressed on the continuity of the government to maintain development of Bangladesh.
"Youths can take initiative for fisheries, poultry and dairy farming, horticulture, cultivation of cash crops, food processing industries and other self employment occupations," she said adding youths can make more money from these professions than they could have earn from a job. The Prime Minister said this while addressing the inaugur...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today laid the foundation stone of the country's first-ever metro rail project, opening up a new era in the country's communication system. The Prime Minister laid the foundation stone of the much- hyped metro rail project titled "The MRT Line-6 under the Dhaka Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) Development Project" fr...
"As the head of the government I have given the air force as much as possible according to my capabilities. I will do everything necessary for building a modern air force in future Insha Allah," Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said this while addressing a "darbar" of the members of Bangladesh Air Force at BAF Base Bashar in Dhaka Ca...
"Our manpower including engineers and officers will have to be given scope for work with foreign firms so that they could gather experiences and prepare themselves through work. I would like to tell the authorities concerned to strengthen the Bapex further and train up its manpower so that we could ourselves explore gas and oil," Prime M...
The government is going to prepare a National Population Register (NPR) to create a comprehensive database with full identification and other details of every sector and person. The cabinet in its regular meeting today has approved a planning document in this regard titled 'National Strategy for the Development of Statistics'.
A meeting of the Awami League Parliamentary Board (ALPB) was held at the official residence of the Prime Minister at Ganobhaban last night. Prime Minister and ALPB President Sheikh Hasina chaired the meeting. ALPB members Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury, Amir Hossain Amu, Tofail Ahmed, Obaidul Quader, Kazi Zafarullah, Syed Ashraful Islam and Dr...