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Govt has a plan for a ring-road around Dhaka: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Unveiling her plans to develop the city’s commuting system, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said her government has a plan to construct an elevated ring-road around Dhaka. “The ring-road will completely be an elevated one to make ease movement of the commuters,” she said while inaugurating North U-loop of Hatirjeel Project at...

HPM Sheikh Hasina for educated manpower to continue country's development

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has put emphasis on building educated manpower to keep up the success of Bangladesh’s graduation to a developing country as well as establish a hunger- and poverty-free Bangladesh. “I think that building educated manpower is very much necessary to continue the achievement of Bangladesh’s elevation ...

Bangladesh donates medicines worth $2.36 million to Bhutan

The government has provided Bhutan a total of 258 types of medicines worth $2.36 million as donation. Health Minister Mohammed Nasim handed over some of the medicines to the Bhutanese Ambassador to Bangladesh at the Secretariat on Monday. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina during her Bhutan visit in 2017, pledged to provide medicine for Bhutan Trust...

HPM Sheikh Hasina gives 23 directives to DCs

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has given 23-point directives to the deputy commissioners (DCs) while inaugurating the three-day DCs Conference- 2018 at the Prime Minister’s Office here. Following are the directives: 1. Keep a sharp vigil so that people do not become victims of harassment and deprivation in any way in receiving government s...

HPM Sheikh Hasina directs DCs to go tough on extortion, terrorism, drug dealing

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the Deputy Commissioners (DCs) to take stern actions against tender mongers, extortion, muscle power and terrorism. Inaugurating the three-day DC Conference, the prime minister said the deputy commissioners have to take tough actions for peace in industrial areas and make easy goods transportation and expo...

Work with innovative ideas to develop Bangladesh: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged the employees of the public administration to work with innovative ideas and sincerity for the welfare of the grassroots people. “We want the Public administration employees to work in their respective field applying their innovative thoughts for development of the country,” she said. The pr...

Voat for "Boat" for a poverty and hunger-free Bangladesh

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged people to vote for “boat” for a poverty- and hunger-free Bangladesh by 2021. She urged them to vote like they had done to liberate the country. “Bangladesh has become self-reliant in food, entered the nuclear energy club, launched its first satellite, and brought down poverty to 22 percent as...

EC is able to hold a free and fair national election: HPM Sheikh Hasina to German state minister

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed her firm confidence that the Election Commission (EC) would be able to hold an inclusive, fair and neutral general election by the end of this year. The Prime Minister said this when German Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Niels Annen made a courtesy call on her at Gonobhaban on Thursday. Briefin...

Govt allocates highest budget in education to build a well-educated nation: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said education sector continued to receive the highest budgetary allocation as her government envisages an educated nation for country’s advancement in all fronts. “The government allocates highest budget to education sector and took steps for diversification of the education to build up country&rs...

Govt. has taken all necessary steps to protect the Sundarbans: HPM SHeikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the government has taken all necessary steps for conservation of the biodiversity of the Sundarbans and protect the Royal Bengal Tiger inhabiting in the long mangrove forests. She said most of the rivers around the mangrove forests dried up due to shrimp hatchery over the years since 1975. But most of those...

HPM Sheikh Hasina inaugurates electronic payment system for safety net allowances

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated the electronic payment system G2P (Government to Person) for disbursement of the allowances of Social Safety Net (SSN) programs for marginalized people including elderly and physically challenged persons and widows. Under the system, more than 6.6 million beneficiaries would directly draw the money e...

IOM assures full support to Bangladesh in Rohingya repatriation

Director General of International Organization for Migration (IOM) William Lacy Swing said IOM would extend all-out support to Bangladesh for repatriation of the displaced Rohingyas to Myanmar. The IOM DG gave the assurances in a meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her office here on Monday. William Lacy Swing led a six-member delegati...

Rooppur Power Plant being constructed with full security measures

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant is being constructed with taking full security measures, adding the design of the plant has been developed in such a way that it will not succumb to any accident – natural or man-made. Highest measures are being undertaken to avoid any sort of risk for the people, she said,...

HPM Sheikh Hasina offers 500-acre lands in SEZs to Singapore investors

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has offered the Singapore investors 500 acres of land in the Special Economic Zones (SEZs) for setting up industries. The prime minister made this proposal when visiting delegation of Singapore Business Federation (SBF) called on her at her Sangsad Bhaban office on Tuesday. Chairman of the Singapore Business Federa...

ECNEC approves six projects worth Tk. 2920.39 Cr.

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) has approved six projects including an amended proposal on the project for the construction of a permanent trade fair centre at Purbachal. The approval came from an ECNEC meeting held at the NEC conference room on Tuesday with ECNEC Chairperson and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in ...

HPM Sheikh Hasina for more films on Liberation War

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the film producers to make more movies based on the War of Liberation, nation’s history and struggle for freedom. “We have earned independence through long 23 years struggle and nine months of war. So, it’s very important to project the issue through movies,” she said. The prime mi...

HPM Sheikh Hasina for creating competent manpower to sustain global challenges

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has laid importance on creating competent manpower to sustain in the tough global race. “The world is progressing fast and Bangladesh has to keep pace with the race. So we want to build up our children in that way and education is the main key to win the race,” she said. The prime minister said while di...

HPM Sheikh Hasina inaugurates housing facilities for govt employees

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated 10 multi-storey buildings at city’s Motijheel and Azimpur government colonies as part of her government’s plan to raise the housing facilities of the government employees from the existing eight percent to 40 percent. The prime minister inaugurated the buildings at separate functions at M...

HPM Sheikh Hasina directs party men to campaign on govt's development works

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the party men to organize Awami League as well as its front organizations and go to the people to seek their votes in the next general election. “Awami League is the only political party in the country, which feels for the people and works for their welfare,” she said urging the party men to wa...

HPM Sheikh Hasina for well-thought long-term development plan

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina laid utmost importance upon formulating a long-term plan for overall development of the country and sought well-thought out ideas in this regard particularly from the bureaucrats to prepare the nation’s development pathway for 2041. “We have already started working upon preparing the plan for 2021-2041 a...