The government launched a health call centre to give health services to people across the country over telephone.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been appointed a member of a UN high-level panel on water.
Bangladesh is placed among Asia Pacific’s top 10 Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) hotspots, according to a study by the US-based global information company, IHS Inc.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asked all concerned to ensure access of poor and meritorious students to the government sponsored opportunities for vocational and higher education.
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday approved a project involving Taka 18 thousand 34 crore 48 lakh to establish rail-link with the country's prime tourist attraction Cox's Bazar.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina suggested giving "extra number" to the students for receiving practical education on agriculture so none can undermine agriculture work.
The cabinet approved in principle the draft of "The Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture (BINA) Research Law, 2016" aimed at innovating new varieties of crops through research and applying nuclear techniques.
Reiterating her steadfast commitment to build Bangladesh as a prosperous and developed country, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina sought more cooperation from the neighbouring countries to achieve the goal.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the occasion of the historic Mujibnagar Day.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed satisfaction over the wonderful relation between Dhaka and Beijing and hoped that the relation between the two countries would be further strengthened in the coming days.
Aimed at improving the socio-economic conditions of the farmers and alleviating poverty, the government has launched National Agricultural Technology Programme (NATP-2) with an outlay of Taka 1,878 crore.
The Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) formally handed over 80 food carts to as many trained vendors at a ceremony with a view to ensuring safe street food and improving public health.
The cabinet approved an amendment proposal for the National Hajj and Umrah Policy and Hajj Package-2016 (Hijri 1437) by doubling the number of Hajj pilgrims under the government management.
Recalling her return to Bangladesh in 1981 as the president of Awami League, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said, "At that time I had none except you. Awami League was my family and I have got motherly and sisterly affection from them."
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the country's largest and top-security prison with modern facilities on the outskirts of the capital saying that the prisons, instead of merely using for detaining, should be made into correction centres.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina called upon the South Asian leaders to take necessary steps to establish a "food bank" as soon as possible to ensure food security for all the people of the region.
Visiting SAARC agriculture ministers highly appreciated Bangladesh's tremendous success in socioeconomic field under the visionary and dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said all old and rickety buildings of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) would be demolished and replaced with new ones to make the country's major public hospital into a modern one.
Bangladesh’s export has grown by 9 percent in the first three quarters of the ongoing 2015-16 fiscal over the corresponding period in the last fiscal.
The country's GDP (gross domestic product) growth registered a record rise, crossing 7.0 percent mark for the first time.
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