Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today called for forging a collective global partnership and greater unity to fight the coronavirus pandemic as she placed a five-point proposal that includes devising meaningful strategies. “The world is perhaps facing the biggest crisis in the last 100 years. So, we need to face the crisis together … ...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today unveiled the government work plan to overcome the possible COVID-19 impact on the country’s economy, declaring an allocation of Taka 72,750 crore under a set of stimulus packages. “Earlier I declared a Tk 5,000 crore (emergency) incentive package for paying salaries and allowanc...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the people to visit physicians if any symptom of coronavirus is seen and not to pay heed to any rumour about it as she issued a 31-point directive in view of the outbreak of the lethal disease.Sheikh Hasina also warned that no corruption will be tolerated in the relief distribution and advised not to use pe...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman heralding the yearlong birth centenary celebrations of the great leader.The premier paid the homage by placing a wreath at the portrait of Bangabandhu in front of Bangabandhu Memorial Museum on the historic 32 Dhanmondi Road here this ...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today called for a strong collaboration among SAARC nations in devising a collective strategy and mobilising resources in combating coronavirus as she joined a videoconference with her counterparts and leaders in the region.“We need to devise a strong SAARC-wide strategy to combat this public health threat and ...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has placed a five-point proposal for further development of the country’s potential small and medium enterprise (SME) sector as she inaugurated the ‘8th National SME Product Fair 2020’ in the capital. “Many of our SME products are world standard and they’re also associated with our cult...
The supreme sacrifice of the language heroes on this day 66 years back is being remembered as people in thousands are thronging the Central Shaheed Minar at midnight to pay their glowing tributes to the 1952 language martyrs by placing wreaths at the altar of the monument.President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina led the nation in p...
Atiqul Islam, Awami League-backed candidate seeking reelection as mayor of Dhaka North, has promised to transform the capital into a 'healthy, vibrant and modern' city in his manifesto for the upcoming elections on Feb 1. He rolled out a 38-point manifesto at a media briefing on Sunday, outlining plans to institute a coordinated 'vector managem...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today launched the much-awaited electronic passport (e-passport) along with the automated border control management programme, saying that it (e-passport) is a gift for the nation in the “Mujib Barsho”. “We’re handing over the e-passport to the people of the country in ‘Mujib Barsho&rsq...
More people are happy with the Awami League’s governance now, a year after it took office for an unprecedented third term with a landslide in the 2018 general election, a new nationwide opinion poll shows. The poll, conducted by US-based International Republican Institute or IRI Center for Insights in Survey Research, shows heightened sup...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (14 January) said Bangladesh is now on right track to attain the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) due to her government’s time-befitting initiatives. “We achieved spectacular success in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and we’re already on right track to achieve the SDGs,...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today inaugurated the countdown for yearlong celebration of the “Mujib Year” marking the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, coinciding with his 1972 return home from Pakistan captivity.“I open the countdown,” she said at a grand ceremony at the Old Airpo...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today reiterated her government’s determination to build Bangladesh Police as a “modern and time-befitting” force to ensure desired services for the people. “We have been working on making Bangladesh Police as a modern and time- befitting force so that the people can get desired services from...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today described Bangladesh Awami League (AL) as the country’s biggest and strongest political party, urging its leaders and workers to be psyched up with principle and ideology. “Principle and ideology are the biggest words for any political leader. So he or she will have to remain prepared for making an...
Youths of numerous universities and colleges across Bangladesh joined hundreds of thousands of delegates in the Awami League’s 21st council on Friday to know the history of the party and share their thoughts. Research organization Center for Research and Information (CRI) brought them under their signature event ‘Let’s Talk&rsq...
The nation is celebrating the 49th Victory Day, the most precious day of the Bangalee people, as the country was liberated from the Pakistani occupation forces on the day 48 years back after a nine-month-long bloodstained War of Liberation. On December 16 in 1971, Bangladesh was born as an independent country under the leadership of Father of t...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the nation to stay alert so the “looters and arsonists” could not grab the state power again as she addressed Awami League’s National Committee ahead of the party’s national council later this month. “This is my call to the nation,” she said as members of ...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to assume the presidency of Climate Vulnerable Forum next year. The development comes after the Bangladesh leader accepted Marshall Islands' President Hilda Heine's proposal to lead the CVM at the 25th annual 2019 UN Climate Change Conference, known as COP25, in Madrid on Monday. "The prime minister said she...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said “Our children will not forgive us if we fail to ensure their future. Every moment, the cost of our inaction is devastating every living person on earth. The time to act is now.”Sheikh Hasina spoke on “action for survival” as the leader of one of the most vulnerable nations at the 2019 UN ...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reaffirmed to continue her government’s ongoing drive against terrorism, militancy, narcotics and corruption, saying that this “sickness” of the society will have to be rooted out.“Due to the misdeeds of those, who ruled the country for 21 years after the assassination of Bangabandhu in 19...
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