As Bangladesh prepares to commemorate its 54th independence day on March 26th, its citizens can feel a sense of pride in the remarkable achievements accomplished in many areas over the years. The country has strived forward and solidified its position as a key economic force in Asia due to its remarkable rate of growth. The per capita income of...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday called upon the people to take the country forward overcoming all evil tricks and conspiracies. “On the 54th Independence Day, let’s come forward in unison and take the development and progress of Bangladesh forward,” she said. The premier made this call at her televised addr...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina addressed the nation this evening on the occasion of the Independence Day 2024. Her speech was aired on Bangladesh Television, Bangladesh Betar as well as private TV channels and radio stations. The full text of the Prime Minister's speech is as follows: Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim Dear Countrymen, Assalamu Alaik...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday came down heavily on the Prothom Alo saying that the Bengali language daily is the enemy of her ruling Awami League party, democracy and the people of the country. "The name of the paper is Prothom Alo (first light), but it lives in darkness. Prothom Alo is the enemy of democracy and the people of the coun...
Dr. Rashid Askari: It's really a shock to the system that one of the leading newspapers of the country—the daily Prothom Alo on the last Independence Day (March 26, 2023) published a piece of news that has stirred up a real hornets’ nest. A correspondent by the name of Shamsuzzaman has filed the report that hints at ...
BNP leaders and activists brutally beat up the journalists whom they had invited to an Iftar event in Pallabi the capital on March 31. This is not the first time that such an incident has occurred. Last year on September 26, during a rally in Dhanmondi, BNP leaders recklessly attacked journalists, breaking the cameras of television journalists. ...
The prime minister said AL restored democracy and returned the power to the people, which had been detained in the containment and pockets of Ziaur Rahman and HM Ershad or in the fringe of Khaleda Zia's saree. "Now if BNP leaders don't see democracy and development, there is nothing to say," she said, adding that BNP leaders have a quality th...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina firmly declared that no one can play foul with the people of Bangladesh now. "No one will be able to play with Bangladesh...No one can play ducks and drakes with the fate of the people of Bangladesh," she said. The prime minister was addressing the opening ceremony of the four-day long "Joy Banglar Joyotsob" at the...
Steady economic growth, timely social and development policies, population control, national and rural infrastructure, education, women empowerment, electrification, expansion of low-cost health service, better disaster management, economic inclusion, the role of NGOs are thought to have played the key role in Bangladesh’s enviable success.
Bangladesh and India have signed five memoranda of understanding or MoU in Dhaka to enhance cooperation in disaster management, trade, IT and sports among other fields. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart witnessed the signing after a bilateral meeting at her office on Saturday, her Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim said. The t...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has emphasised regional cooperation and urged all to rise above differences to work for the welfare of the people on the twin occasions of 50 years of independence and Bangabandhu’s birth centenary. The independence hero, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, believed in regional cooperation and emphasised cooper...
Pranab Kumar Panday: The birth of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was an important event in the history of Bangladesh. Without his birth, the emergence of Bangladesh as an independent state would not have been possible in 1971. Due to his immense contribution to Bangladesh's creation, he has been an integral part of our history. Through the f...