HPM Sheikh Hasina suggested three specific ways for BRICS to engage closely with BIMSTEC, saying this was a timely step to identify mutual scope as well as synergies for cooperation. She made the remarks while addressing at the BRICS-BIMSTEC Outreach Summit held in Goa on Sunday.
Bangladesh and China said their existing "closer comprehensive cooperation" has been elevated to "strategic relationship" as visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, hours after his arrival on a landmark two-day visit.
Bangladesh has formally joined China’s “One Belt One Road" Initiative which is said to be the focus of President Xi Jinping’s Dhaka visit.
Bangladesh and China have signed 27 deals on cooperation in a number of sectors, among which are coastal disaster management and construction of a Karnaphuli tunnel.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina vowed to clamp down on militancy and terrorism with an iron fist also in future, saying that her government won't allow any terrorist acts in the name of religion.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told the House that the work on infrastructural development on the Paira Port would be completed by 2023.
The Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC) today approved eight projects, including one for the procurement of 200 MG passenger coaches for Bangladesh Railway, involving a total of Tk 3,488.20 crore.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged all particularly the well-off people of society to give attention to the poor children living in their neighbourhoods so none of them suffer from starvation and left out of education.
Bangladesh has the potential to end extreme poverty by 2030 if it takes firm steps to make growth more inclusive to benefit all Bangladeshis, according to the World Bank (WB).
The cabinet approved "The District Council (Amendment) Ordinance, 2016" in the form of a law allowing incumbent administrators to contest the district council polls after resignation.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said Pakistan's views carry no matter for Bangladesh as we are doing our tasks including the trial of the war criminals.
The country has set up another milestone in its journey towards "Digital Bangladesh" as the Election Commission (EC) today launched distribution of much-awaited machine-readable smart national identity (NID) cards among 10 crore citizens, replacing the existing paper-laminated cards.
The Jatiya Sangsad on Thursday unanimously adopted a private member's resolution to confiscate all movable and immovable assets of the convicted killers of the Father of the Nation and the war criminals.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said those who patronize militancy in the country by supplying money and giving order, protected war criminals and burned down innocent people by petrol bombs must face trial.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has rubbished BNP's allegation that the Awami League government was 'depoliticising' Bangladesh.
The Election Commission (EC) will start distribution of machine readable smart national identity (NID) cards among 10 crore citizens on October 2, replacing the existing laminated cards.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has assured a Patuakhali schoolboy of taking steps to build a bridge on the Payra river in his locality after the boy wrote to her, asking for one.
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid today said the government is conscious about the environmental impact for setting up power plants in the country.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ruled out the possibility of mid-term polls, saying that what problem has been created that the mid-term elections will have to be given.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged world leaders to find common grounds in the interest of mankind to end the ongoing global disorder to take forward the world towards peace and prosperity.
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