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HPM Sheikh Hasina to leave for Indonesia on Monday

  Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to leave Dhaka for Jakarta on Monday on a three-day official visit to Indonesia to attend the Leaders' Summit in Commemoration of the 20th Anniversary of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA).

HPM Sheikh Hasina seeks support for relocating Rohingyas

  Underlining the importance of resolving the Rohiynga crisis, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday again sought the support of the international community, including Britain, for relocating the illegal Myanmar citizens living in Bangladesh to a safe place.

HPM Sheikh Hasina for strengthening family bonding to prevent children bending to militancy

  Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged the parents, particularly mothers, to build up friendly relations with their children to prevent them from going astray or bending to militancy, terrorism and drug.

Govt to do everything for sports’ development: HPM Sheikh Hasina

  Expressing her firm optimism that Bangladesh would further advance in games and sports, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has assured that her government would do everything for its development.

Bangladesh-Russia agree to establish intergovernmental commission

  Bangladesh and the Russian Federation have signed an agreement on the establishment of the intergovernmental commission on trade, economic, scientific and technical cooperation.

Govt been constructing 4,511 flats for low-income groups: HPM Sheikh Hasina

  Prime Minister and Leader of the House Sheikh Hasina said the government has been developing 494 residential plots and constructing 4,511 flats for low-income group people for mitigating their housing crisis.

HPM Sheikh Hasina inaugurates stipend disbursement using mobile banking

  Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said her government is making constant efforts to build an educated nation as education is the key tool to make the country free from poverty.

Government will illuminate every home in Bangladesh: HPM Sheikh Hasina

  Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said her government took up a series of projects to develop further the power sector keeping in mind the increased demand of electricity to meet the future need and illuminate every home.

Month of independence begins

  March, the historical month of independence, begins today when the nation will be observing the 46th anniversary of independence on the 26th March paying the highest homage to the war heroes who made Bangladesh a sovereign state.

ECNEC approves revised ADP worth Tk. 110 thousand crore for FY 2016-17

  Without slashing the original size of the Annual Development Programme (ADP) for fiscal 2016-17, the National Economic Council (NEC) has approved a revised ADP of Taka 1,10,700 crore.

Cabinet approves Youth Policy 2017

  The cabinet today approved the draft of a new policy for youths with specific vision and target-based activities for welfare of country's youngsters under a national action plan.

Reelect Awami League for continuing peace, progress and development: HPM Sheikh Hasina to people

  Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged the people to reelect Bangladesh Awami League to continue the country's peace, progress and development, saying that all uplift activities would be halted if the BNP-Jamaat nexus comes to power.

HPM Sheikh Hasina inaugurates solar-powered food storage

  Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated a state of the art multistoried food warehouse, having capacity of storing 25,000 tonnes of food grains at Santahar here.

HPM Sheikh Hasina urges brands to help overhaul garment units

  Putting emphasis on adopting short, medium and long-term plans for boosting demands for Bangladeshi readymade garment (RMG) products in the world market, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today called upon brands and buyers to help garment industry owners overhauling their factories.

Int’l standard sports village to be constructed in Padma’s char areas: HPM Sheikh Hasina

  Announcing her government's plan for the development of the sports activities in the country Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said a spacious and international standard sports village would be constructed at the char areas near Padma Bridge.

HPM Sheikh Hasina directs parliamentarians to project Canadian court verdict before people

  Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has directed Awami League lawmakers to project before the people a Canadian court verdict that labelled BNP as a terrorist organisation.

Khaleda Zia and her party destroyed the dignity of Martyrs Day: HPM Sheikh Hasina

  Coming down heavily on Begum Khaleda Zia and her party colleagues for stepping onto the main platform at the Central Shaheed Minar to pay respect to language martyrs, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said through this misdeed, they destroyed the dignity of the Shaheed Dibosh.

Nation pays tribute to Language Movement martyrs

  The "Amar Ekushey and International Mother Language Day" was observed across the country yesterday amid paying glowing tributes to the Language Movement martyrs.

Govt. to build Dhk-CTG Elevated Expressway over Dhk-CTG highway

  Scrapping the plan to construct a six-lane expressway, the government has decided to build a complete elevated expressway over the existing Dhaka-Chittagong Highway.

Bangladesh connects with second submarine cable

  Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Ltd has been connected with the country's second undersea cable up to the landing station in Kuakata, said the state-run company on Tuesday.