Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed her government's interest in the joint venture collaboration with the Maldives for exploring deep sea fishing alongside tapping the huge potential of food processing industries.
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) today approved a revision of some portions of the Dhaka-Chittagong highway four-lane project by increasing nearly 20 per cent cost.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said, every upazila will have at least a mini stadium for every student to have access to sports practice. she said urging the students to take part in sports, culture and other activities for their proper physical and mental growth.
An 11-member delegation of the United Kingdom (UK) Labour Party made a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday at her Sangsad Bhaban office.
The cabinet gave the final approval to the draft of "The Bangladesh EPZ Labour Law, 2016" keeping a provision for constitution of labour organisations in the Export Processing Zones (EPZs) as well as (formation of) a permanent wage board for their workers.
To spur multimedia education among students at primary level, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged affluent section of the society, particularly former students, to help their schools to equip with digital equipment.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina called upon the field level government officials to extend all out cooperation to the elected female public representatives of local government bodies in discharging their duties properly.
Surrounded by the smiling faces of around 200 children, Part-2 of the graphic novel series ‘Mujib’ was unveiled on Saturday by its publisher and Trustee of Centre for Research and Information (CRI), Mr. Radwan Mujib Siddiq at the Amar Ekushe Grontho Mela (Book Fair).
Prime Minister and Leader of the House Sheikh Hasina today said most of the clauses of the landmark "Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Treaty" have been fully implemented or under process for execution.
Exports for July to January, the first seven months of the ongoing fiscal year (2015-16), rose by 8.3 per cent to $19.27 billion compared to the same period in the last fiscal year, Export Promotion Bureau data indicated on Monday.
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) today cleared eight development projects including inter- district border road construction, with an outlay of Taka 2,865 crore.
The cabinet approved the draft of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Malaysia with a target of sending 15 lakh Bangladeshi workers there in three years under a G2G Plus process.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina accepted a proposal of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon for becoming a member of a UN High-level Panel on Water as the UN secretary general phoned the Premier.
Newly appointed Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Harsh Vardhan Shringla said New Delhi gives highest priority to its relations with Dhaka and wants to carry forward the ties to a "new height".
Newly appointed British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Alison Blake on Sunday said that the United Kingdom (UK) would continue to support Bangladesh in its development strides.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina sought wholehearted support of everybody including engineers to set Bangladesh on 7 percent growth trajectory and help achieving the sustainable development goals for the country's economic prosperity.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said from now on she would take all of her treatment at home instead of going abroad.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina called upon the teachers to educate the children from tender age about practicing principles and values to raise them up as the ideal citizens of the country.
Bangladesh has been unanimously elected a member of the executive board of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) for three years (2016-2018).
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina directed the authorities concerned to complete the work of the much-awaited Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant, the first of its kind in the country, within the timeframe.