Bangladesh's economy is projected to reach $516.24 billion in the fiscal 2024-25, outperforming advanced economies such as Denmark, Singapore and Hong Kong along the way, says the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Denmark is expected to have a GDP of $484.38 billion at the current dollar value in 2025, while Singapore and Hong Kong will see th...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said her government has been mulling setting up of another nuclear power plant in the southern region to meet the increased demand for electricity which was a prerequisite to ensure country's overall development. "We are going to install another (nuclear) power plant after completion of the existing one. We will con...
In South Asia, Bangladesh tops the list of the countries that have turned around after overcoming the pandemic. According to the Japanese media Nikkei, Bangladesh is on the top of the Asia's Covid-19 recovery index in South Asia. The index assesses countries and regions on infection management, vaccine rollouts and social mobility. The higher t...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked the new administration cadre officers to work for ensuring justice for all as she addressed certificate-giving and closing ceremony of the 119th and 120th Law and Administration Training Courses. "Stand beside the people and ensure justice for them utilizing the knowledge acquired from the training," she...
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) today approved a Taka 1,435.89 crore project to upgrade the Tangail-Delduar-Louhati-Saturia-Kawalipara-Kalampur bus stand road regional highway to due standard and width to ensure safe and uninterrupted road communication system. The approval came in the 5th ECNEC meeting of the c...
Mujib Amar Pita' (Mujib - My Father), an animated film based on the book by the same name authored by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, is set to be released on her birthday September 28. State Minister for ICT Division Zunaid Ahmed Palak announced it at a press conference on Sunday at Bashundhara Cineplex. 'Mujib Amar Pita', the first 2D animated...
September 25 is a glorious day in the history of the Bengali nation and the Bangla language as Bangabandhu addressed the UN General Assembly in Bangla for the first time on the day in 1974. Terming the day significant, prime minister’s ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy on Saturday shared a video of Bangabandhu’s UNGA speech, the ...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called on the international community to act together on global common issues and create space for new partnerships and solutions in order to tackle emergencies. In her address to the 76th UN General Assembly in New York on Friday, Hasina said the COVID-19 pandemic has brought to the fore the inadequacy of the g...
The United Nations (UN) Secretary General António Guterres has highly appreciated the development miracle of Bangladesh under the dynamic and visionary leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. He lauded the Bangladesh Premier and her apt leadership to advance the country with overall development as he had bilateral talks with Sheikh H...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has demanded intensified global actions with "real urgency" to repatriate Rohingyas, saying major international powers inaction over the crisis shocked Bangladesh as it extended them makeshift refuge on humanitarian grounds, straining the country's resources. "As I repeatedly said they (Rohingyas) are Myanmar nation...
Prime Minister's Information and Communication Technology Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy has revealed the launching of 5G service in the country to take place at the end of this year. "We are aiming to launch 5G and planning to pilot it at the end of this year," he said at a business roundtable in New York. The government is pledge-bound to ...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has sought US investment in country's different promising sectors such as Information and Communication Technology (ICT), renewable energy, agro-processing, blue economy, tourism and hi-tech parks. "We invite US investment in other lucrative sectors as ICT, renewable energy, shipbuilding, automobile, light engineeri...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today laid special emphasis on forming a Women Leaders' Network as it can act as a force to ensure gender equality. "It is greatly empowering to be with you all. I strongly feel that we can establish a Women Leaders' Network which can bring us together, not just for one-off meetings, but to act as a force to ensure ...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has sought global leaders' bolder steps over the climate change crisis amid speculations about particularly US pledges towards the issue in the 76th UN General Assembly (UNGA) debate. In a closed-door meeting of world leaders ahead of the weeklong UNGA debate, the Bangladesh premier renewed her call for strict ...
The UN-sponsored Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) has conferred Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina with "SDG Progress Award" for Bangladesh's steady course in responding to the universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure peace and prosperity for all. "The honorable Prime Minister accepted...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has stressed the need for a global roadmap to ensure permanent recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGSs) by 2030. "We need to chart out a bold and ambitious global roadmap to put us back on the SDGs track, so that no one is left behind," she said while addressing vir...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the major world economies to work with all the stakeholders in partnership to ensure a sustainable future for the next generation. "Major economies have to work with all stakeholders globally in partnership for ensuring a sustainable future for the next generation," she said. The Prime Minister, in a pre-...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Dhaka this morning for New York, USA via Helsinki to attend the 76th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). "A VVIP chartered flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines departed the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA), Dhaka for Helsinki carrying the premier and her entourage members around 9:...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged lawmakers to find out how many people were killed in each jail across the country during Ziaur Rahman's regime. “You (MPs) should move forward to find out how many people were killed in jails, especially in Dhaka, Bogura, Rajshahi, Khulna, and Cumilla. Hundreds of people were hanged to death in eac...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today stressed the need for making education programmes time-befitting, keeping pace with global educational advancement as she witnessed a power point presentation of the draft outline of the national education framework. "The world is progressing ahead. Science and technology are also advancing. We have to keep pa...
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