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Bangladesh govt rolls out new stimulus package worth Tk 27 billion

The government has announced two more stimulus packages worth Tk 27 billion to help small, medium and cottage industries and expand social safety coverage. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has approved the new packages to cushion small businesses against the effects of the pandemic, the finance ministry said in a statement on Sunday. Bangladesh ha...

Bangladesh prospering because people voted Awami League: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Laying emphasis on continuation of the ongoing pace of development works, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said Bangladesh becomes a dignified and self-reliant developing nation as the people have voted the Awami League government for a long tenure. “Bangladesh is no more known as the country of natural calamities, cyclone...

Bangabandhu’s Jan 10 speech has all guidelines to run an independent state: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister and Bangladesh Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina said Bangabandhu's January 10, 1972 speech has all the guidelines required to run an independent state. "The January 10, 1972 speech of Bangabandhu at the Racecourse Maidan on his return to the country from Pakistani captivity has all the required guidelines to run an indep...

Jordan Senate President lauds Bangladesh’s growth during pandemic

Jordanian Senate President and former Prime Minister Faisal Akif Al-Fayez has highly appreciated Bangladesh's over 5 percent GDP growth even during pandemic under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. He was addressing a special webinar as the chief guest on Sunday. Bangladesh Embassy in Amman, Jordan organised the event to mark the ...

Give expats their due honor and ensure their safety: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Ministry and recruiting agencies to take care of Bangladeshi expatriates. "Those who are involved in manpower migration -- from recruiting agencies to the ministry, I request you to give them (expats) the due honour and make sure they are not facing any prob...

Vitamin A-Plus Campaign 2020: A success story of Bangladesh, reports UNICEF

According to a recent report by the UNICEF Bangladesh, the Awami League Government was able to successfully conduct a nationwide campaign for administering Vitamin A Plus: 97% of the target age group or 20.8 million (more than 2 Crore) children received their dosage of Vitamin A Plus from October 4 to 17, with careful planning and additional saf...

Young students received free textbook on the first day of the year

Like every year, free textbooks have been handed over to the students in the academic year 2021 as the textbook distribution started all over the country including the capital on Friday. The book distribution process started at 9.30 am and continued till 4 pm. The students wearing masks on their faces entered the school grounds maintaining pro...

Mujib Barsha Webinar lauds Bangabandhu’s leadership strengths, Sheikh Hasina’s development focus

Speakers and guests have lauded the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s leadership strengths and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s politics of development at a webinar titled, ‘Liberation of Bangladesh and the Dream of Sonar Bangla’. The webinar was organised by the Bangladesh Embassy in Amman, Jordan as...

Bangladesh's 'Mega Projects' move full-speed ahead despite COVID-19 setback

The coronavirus pandemic, an unprecedented crisis that has upended the world in 2020, has slowed Bangladesh's journey on the ‘highway of development’, but not thrown the country off track.   The construction of major infrastructures under government’s mega projects, such as the Padma Bridge, Dhaka Metro Rail an...

Bangladesh economy indomitable despite COVID-19

While the world is reeling under an economic crisis due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Bangladesh’s economy was able to escape a contraction in 2020 and its annual rate of GDP growth will continue to accelerate throughout the 2021-25 period, so says a think tank. Between 2021 and 2025, Bangladesh’s annual rate of GDP growth will accelera...

HPM Sheikh Hasina for strong regional connectivity

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today inaugurated the brand new Dash 8-400 aircraft of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, expressing her conviction to establish a strong regional connectivity cashing in on the country’s geographical location in Southeast Asia. “We want to establish strong connectivity with neighboring countries ...

Bangladesh moves two notches up in UNDP's Human Development Index

Bangladesh has moved two notches up in the human development index — to 133 — compared to last year, said a new report of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The report, titled The Next Frontier: Human Development and the Anthropocene, launched in Bangladesh on Monday morning, six days after the global launch, includes ...

HPM Sheikh Hasina orders preparing another stimulus plan to tackle second wave of Coronavirus

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the finance ministry to roll out a plan on another shot of stimulus package to further cushion economy from the pandemic shock amid soaring cases in winter as the world fights its way back from the financial crisis. The prime minister ordered the fiscal stimulus package at a meeting on finalising the 8th F...

Bangladesh among top 20 nations in Bloomberg's COVID-19 resilience ranking

Bangladesh has climbed four spots into the top 20 of Bloomberg’s latest monthly Covid-19 resilience rankings. The Bloomberg rankings consider 10 key metrics, including increases in the number of Covid-19 cases, overall mortality rate and testing capability. The capacity of local healthcare systems, impact of virus-related restrictions on ...

Bangladesh-India relation is historical: Indian HC

The bond between Bangladesh and India has passed the test of time, said Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh HE Vikram Doraiswami. During a meeting today with senior leaders of Bangladesh Awami League at the party's head office at 23 Bangabandhu Avenue, Indian HC Doraiswami said, 'Friendly relations between Bangladesh and India are based on t...

Bangladesh economy recovered more strongly than expected: ADB

Economic activity in Bangladesh has recovered more strongly than expected with both exports and remittances growing in recent months amid the Covid-19 pandemic, said a new report of Asian Development Bank (ADB). But the country still has external risks to face as Covid-19 outbreaks renew in major export destinations, according to the new growth...

HPM Sheikh Hasina for further integrating Bangladesh-India economies

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today suggested further integrating economies of Bangladesh and India to consolidate the global and regional value chains cashing on the available synergies. “I believe both our countries can move up the global and regional value chains by further integrating our economies taking advantage of available synergi...

People of all religious faiths will live together with equal right: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reiterated her call to the countrymen to stay firm on non-communal spirit of the War of Liberation, saying people of all religious faiths will live in the country with equal right. “All people in combine have made the country independent in exchange of their blood . . . Freedom of pract...

Digital Bangladesh: Govt turned challenges of COVID-19 into opportunities

There is a saying, 'Magician's task is to make the impossible possible'. The story of the current government's digital platform is much the same. When, in 2009, Bangladesh Awami League pledged to build 'Digital Bangladesh', oppositions and a segment of civil society laughed it away labeling it as 'Old Wive's Tale'. But today, Bangladesh, the cha...

UNESCO adopts proposal on "Bangabandhu International Award"

The UNESCO Executive Board has unanimously adopted a proposal for the establishment of UNESCO-Bangladesh Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman International Award in the field of the creative economy. The prize will be awarded to global initiatives of youth in the field of creative economy. The proposal was adopted at the plenary of the virtual se...