Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's ICT Advisor Sajeeb Wazed Joy has said military dictators Ziaur Rahman and HM Ershad formed the political parties to legitimize the state power they seized illegally, condemning their parties for lack of involvement with democracy. "Both Ziaur Rahman and Ershad formed BNP and Jatiya Party respectively to legitimize...
"He supplied guns to the university students on the pretext of introducing his party's student wing. In the guise of forming committees across the country, BNP organised all terrorists and miscreants and formed a special force. Khaleda Zia and Tarique Rahman also continued the same trend later." "When these parties were in power illegally, they...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday (April 21) asked everyone concerned to design and construct any structure including industrial units keeping in mind the issue of environment as the climate change appeared to have exposed Bangladesh as one of its worst victims. "We are taking steps to make everything environment friendly, starting from ...
Achim Tröster, the German ambassador in Dhaka, has voiced his displeasure about BNP ‘misquoting’ him on the state of human rights and democracy in Bangladesh following his meeting with the party’s leaders last month. “I was a little bit unhappy about it, because I very much appreciate it if I am asked personally wit...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina addressed the nation this evening on the eve of Bangla New Year 1429. Her speech was aired by Bangladesh Television, Bangladesh Betar as well as private TV channels and radio stations. The full text of the Prime Minister’s speech is as follows--- Bismillahir Rahmanir RahimDear Countrymen,Assalamu Alaikum At t...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the culture has no clash with the religions referring to numerous attacks on the culture including killing people by bombings during the celebration of the Pahela Baishakh, the first day of the Bengali New Year. "Some people want to create confrontation between culture and religions. This is not correct a...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina received a telephone call from Antonio Guterres, secretary-general of the United Nations, this evening. They held a 12-minute conversation where the UN chief invited her to join the Champions' Group of Global Crisis Response on Food, Energy, and Finance (GCRG), according to a press release issued by the Prime Minist...
Bangladesh is not at risk of defaulting on foreign loan repayments because of its cautious management of external debt which has a much higher portion of soft loan with longer maturity periods than that in Sri Lanka. Besides, the size of Bangladesh economy and volume of exports are bigger than those of Sri Lanka and Pakistan put together, while...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today directed all concerned to take necessary measures so that Bangladesh can maintain its current position in future regarding foreign debt. The premier issued the directive while witnessing a presentation on "Offshore tax amnesty" and "Review of Bangladesh's macro economy against the backdrop of Sri Lankan econom...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the countrymen to ensure maximum usage of land to produce food to maintain self-sufficiency against the backdrop of the global crisis over the Ukraine conflict. "After two waves of Covid-19 pandemic, now the Russia-Ukraine war may expose the world to another crisis,” premier’s press secretary I...
The Prime Minister said that the COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced the need for international cooperation to respond effectively to public health emergencies. "The COVAX Facility has offered us a global platform for the purpose. We must support this platform with necessary resources and expertise to deal with future pandemics," she said. Sh...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday (6 April) said in parliament that a BNP lawmaker's remark on nationalisation of "Joy Bangla" slogan has proved that they don't believe in the country's independence and the spirit of the Liberation War. "His (BNP lawmaker Harunur Rashid's) remarks have proved that they don't believe in ...
United States (US) President Joseph R Biden in a letter sent to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed his confidence to further flourish Washington-Dhaka partnership for next 50 years. "I am confident our partnership will continue to flourish for the next 50 years and beyond," he said in the letter marking the 50-year milestone in the bila...
While the scorching heat of Kartik caused unbearable sufferings of people during the Ramadan in 2005, incessant power outage worsened by the corruption of BNP leader Tarique Rahman in the power sector sent people to their breaking point, said Prime Minister's ICT Advisor Sajeeb Wazed Joy on Sunday. Referring to the 2005-Ramadan period, he menti...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked the government officials to ensure services for the people, saying Bangladesh became independent to change their fate. "You (officials) should always keep in mind that people are never deprived of getting services because the independence of the country has been attained for changing their destiny," she s...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said, the Awami League government will arrange permanent accommodation and employment for differently able persons including people with autism aimed at securing their lives.' She said, "We have eight divisions. We will first ensure it (permanent accommodation and employment) in the eight divisions and in phases, we ...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said her government is working to secure democracy, establish the rule of law and ensure justice for all. "We have a target to protect democracy and establish the rule of law in the country as the people will get justice," she said. The prime minister said this while inaugurating the newly constructed 12-stor...
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday called for collective efforts of the seven Bay of Bengal countries at tapping the full potentials of the region for the benefits of their people. ‘We need to find common strategies to rebuild a sustainable and resilient Bay of Bengal region by tapping the full potentials of the region,’ she ...
Prime Minister expressed her satisfaction over the cantonment being named after Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's youngest son Sheikh Russel. "Two of my brothers were army members [Captain Sheikh Kamal and Lieutenant Sheikh Jamal] … Russel was our youngest brother and we lost him too." Sheikh Russel aspired to become an army officer, Has...
The prime minister said AL restored democracy and returned the power to the people, which had been detained in the containment and pockets of Ziaur Rahman and HM Ershad or in the fringe of Khaleda Zia's saree. "Now if BNP leaders don't see democracy and development, there is nothing to say," she said, adding that BNP leaders have a quality th...
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