Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has announced that the government would provide allowance from January next to the members of different forces who took part in the Liberation War. "We've taken a decision to give allowance from January 2018 to those who fought for the country's independence from different forces including the armed forces, Police, ...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid rich tributes to the martyred members of Bangladesh Armed Forces on the occasion of the Armed Forces Day 2017. The Prime Minister paid the homage by placing a wreath at the Shikha Anirban (flame eternal) in Dhaka Cantonment this morning. After laying the wreath, she stood in solemn silence for sometime as a mar...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged members of the armed forces to work with the people for crafting a happy and prosperous Bangladesh with the spirit of the Liberation War. "Bangladesh should be built with the spirit of the Liberation War. Members of the armed forces must work standing beside the people for their welfare and national uplift," s...
The Cabinet approved the drafts of the proposals for constituting two separate laws for formation of metropolitan police in Gazipur and Rangpur cities of the country. The approval was given in the weekly meeting of the cabinet held at Prime Minister Office with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair. Briefing reporters at Bangladesh Secreta...
Germany, Sweden and the European Union extended their strong support to Bangladesh on the Rohingya issue. They also highly appreciated Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for her great humanitarian gesture of sheltering tens of thousands of forcibly displaced Rohingyas in Bangladesh. The support and appreciation came when German Foreign Minister Sigm...
Japan will provide more 18.6m US Dollars assistance to the priority areas for the forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals who took shelter in Bangladesh following violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state on August 25. "The amount would be provided through international organisations for food and rehabilitation for the Ronhingys," said Japanese Assistan...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said UNESCO acknowledgment of Bangabandhu's 7th March speech as a world heritage proved the history could never be erased while she sought nation's vigilance to keep upheld the nation's pride. "The UNESCO recognition clearly manifested that none can erase the history of the Bengali nation. The recognition has honour...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina deplored BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia for her festive and luxurious visit to Cox's Bazar in the name of seeing the woes of the Rohingyas. She also blasted Begum Zia for her remarks that the government failed to send back the Rohingyas to Myanmar and carry out relief operation among them. Responding to a questi...
The government launched a project to establish "Sheikh Hasina Cantonment" at Lebukhali along the Payra River in Barisal involving an estimated cost of Taka 1,699 crore. The main objective of the project is to establish a modern cantonment with all necessary physical infrastructures in line with the "Forces Goal 2030" and strengthening national ...
Prime Minister and Leader of the House Sheikh Hasina said Bangladesh's existence and history are involved with Bangabandhu's historic March 7 speech. "Bangladesh's existence, history everything are involved with Bangabandhu's historic March 7 speech and the people of the country were energised through this speech during the war of liberation in...
The government is set to repeal the existing 'Sugar (road development cess) Ordinance to relieve sugarcane growers from paying taxes for development of the roads in the sugar mill catchment areas. "The decision was taken in the weekly meeting of the cabinet held at Prime Minister Office (PMO) on Monday with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the c...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said Bangladesh wants collaborative engagements with India and other neighbours for regional peace and prosperity and benefit of the people in South Asia. "We want to cooperate with India and other countries in the immediate neighbourhood for creating an area of peace in South Asia," she said while jointly fla...
The tenure of "Tannery Estate, Dhaka," project has been extended for two more years (third times) to shift tannery industries from the city's Hazaribagh area as the relocation tannery industries to Savar do not pollute the river Dhaleshwari. The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) has approved the extension of the tenur...
US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Thomas A Shannon reassured continued US support to Bangladesh in handling the Rohingya crisis as he called on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official Ganabhaban residence. "He (Shannon) said the United States will continue to support Bangladesh on the Rohingya issue and keep sustained press...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the Commonwealth countries to exert pressure on the Myanmar government to stop persecution on its Rohingya citizens and take them back from Bangladesh at the earliest. The Prime Minister said this while inaugurating 63rd Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (CPC) at a function at South Plaza of the Jatiya...
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has recognised the historic 7th March Speech of the Father of the Nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, as part of world's documentary heritage. UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova announced the decision on Monday at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, according t...
Describing poverty as the main enemy of South Asia's development, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reiterated her call to work together by all countries of the region to root out the poverty. The premier made the call when Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Bangladesh Yasoja Gunasekera paid a farewell call on her at her official Ganabhaban residen...
Mentioning that the government wants peace and security of the people, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said continuation of the government is very much needed for development of the country. "We're accomplishing the development work as we remain in state power for nine years at a stretch from 2009 to 2017. So the continuation of the government is ...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has laid the foundation stone of the first-ever rental-based flat construction project for slum-dwellers in city's Mirpur. She laid the foundation stone of the project through videoconferencing from her official Ganabhaban residence on Thursday morning. Through the same function, the prime minister laid the foundat...
Moghbazar-Mouchak flyover, a major structure and country's longest elevated road, was opened for traffic today with a hope that it would ease the nagging traffic congestion in the capital. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the 8.7-kilometer flyover, stretching across Kakrail-Malibagh, Rajarbagh-Mouchak, Rampura-Mouchak and Mouchak-Eskato...
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