The cabinet in principle approved the draft of "The Digital Security Law, 2016" keeping a provision for highest life-term imprisonment and Taka one crore fine for carrying out propaganda against the War of Liberation and Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman or patronising the propaganda through electronic medium.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said she is not afraid of death and never bows to anybody except Allah. "I offer "sijdah" to only Allah and bow to the Almighty, nothing else ... I am the daughter of the Father of the Nation. I won't die before death," she said.
The nation recalled with a heavy heart the savage August 21 grenade attack of 2004 paying homage to the martyrs of the carnage.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to play a more proactive role in bringing together Muslim countries on the table to fight the terrorism in the name of Islam.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said Bangladesh would be a nation of educated people and in view of this the government is making all stride to ensure access of every boys and girls to education.
The country is to recall today the 11th anniversary of the countrywide series bomb attacks carried out by Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) sponsored by BNP-Jamaat government in 2005, which is said to have staged the July 1 terrorist attack at Dhaka's Holey Artisan restaurant.
Bangladesh’s net foreign direct investment (FDI) in a financial year has crossed the $2 billion mark for the first time in the history.
Trade deficit in 2015-16 financial year has come down by 10 percent against the previous year, making it the lowest in six years.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asked city planners to keep spaces for adequate water bodies and reservoirs for new townships for environmental reasons and combating disasters like outbreak of fire.
Twenty days after the brutal killing of Bangabandhu, her two surviving daughters came to know from former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi that none of their parents and other family members in Dhaka were alive.
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) approved six development projects including Akhaura-Agartala Dual Gauge Rail Link Project, with an outlay of Taka 1,095.47 crore.
The nation observed the National Mourning Day paying rich tribute to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on his 41st anniversary of martyrdom.
Bangladesh Mohila Awami League arranged a milad and doa mahfil in front of Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi in the capital after Asr prayers today marking the 41st martyrdom anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Leaders of different states, including heads of the government, have remembered the uncompromising and charismatic leadership of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman with 'deep respect', calling Mujib a great visionary statesman of international stature.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid homage to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by placing a wreath at his mazar marking the 41st martyrdom anniversary of the great leader and also the National Mourning Day.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed her government's firm resolve to make Bangladesh a poverty and hunger free nation by 2021 and materialize the dream of Bangabandhu.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated 100-percent electricity coverage in the country's six upazilas saying within a very short time 465 upazilas would come under full coverage.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the operational activities of the Payra Bandar (Payra Port) in the southern Patuakhali district saying the port will herald a new era in the country's march toward prosperity.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated twenty three Sheikh Russell Digital Labs in twenty three educational institutions as part of the country wide digital lab inauguration through video-conferencing.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina made a fervent call to the public servants to work with utmost sincerity and devotion to materialize the dream of the Father of the Nation and millions of martyrs to whom the nation is owe to their supreme sacrifice.
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