US Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas lauded Bangladesh's Covid-19 response including the vaccination drive, terming it as "remarkable". The US wants to partner with Bangladesh in the 'Global Covid Action Plan' to deal with the pandemic, the envoy said on Tuesday as he paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official reside...
Criticising BNP for spreading rumours and propaganda about Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's recent visit to India, Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader asked the BNP leaders to check what Bangladesh achieved from India during their tenure. "BNP leaders should look at their own face in the mirror so that they could see what they had ...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the government and concerned stakeholders' collective and timely efforts helped avoid possible disasters saving many lives from the Covid-19 pandemic. "Bangladesh has successfully managed the Covid-19 pandemic and has been able to save many lives. Considering the population density, many feared huge numbe...
Dismissing concerns that Bangladesh could go the Sri Lanka way, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said that despite the Covid-19 onslaught and the conflict in Ukraine, her country's economy continued to be in robust shape and that her regime exercised a high level of diligence when taking any loans. In an interaction with ANI, Prime Minister Hasina ...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today reiterated her call to the countrymen to put concentration on boosting food production, doing savings and showing austerity in all stages in the wake of global crisis. "I am again urging all to be active in enhancing food production, so the people of Bangladesh don't face any suffering during the world economi...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) men to build themselves as perfect leaders by moving forward with sacrificing mind leaving personal interest and greed. "If you (Chhatra League leaders and activists) move ahead with sacrificing mind discarding personal interest and lust, you could establish yourselves...
Prime Minister's son and ICT Advisor Sajeeb Wazed Joy has said BNP leader Tarique Rahman had a meeting with the planners and enforcers at Hawa Bhaban prior to the August 21 grenade attack in 2004. He said this in a post on his verified Facebook account with a 2-minute visual statement yesterday (August 23, 2022). On August 14, 2004, Tarique ha...
To tackle the global recession from hitting Bangladesh, 10 million families will be provided with ration cards soon, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said. “Considering the global economic situation, the government will give 3.5 million people rice at Tk15 per kg only. We are also arranging ration cards for 10 million families,” she...
Pranab Kumar Pandey: Bangladesh's extraordinary growth during the last 13.5 years has made it an international example. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has spearheaded Bangladesh's progress. By her example, Bangladesh has learned to persevere through adversity and emerge stronger today. Some predicted that Bangladesh would suffer severely from the...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday reiterated her call to Myanmar to take back home the country's more than one million Rohingya nationals from their temporary shelter in Bangladesh. "The Rohingyas are the nationals of Myanmar and they have to be taken back," the prime minister told the visiting UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Mich...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said Bangladesh had witnessed a gross violation of human rights during the long military regimes after the 1975 carnage. "We're even barred from seeking justice," she said while UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet paid a courtesy call on her at her official Ganabhaban residence here. PM's ...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said her government mulls further steps to bring down prices essentials to keep them within tolerable level of ordinary consumers. "Price of essentials has gone up. I believe, it is urgently needed to take more measures to bring down the price of essentials to tolerable level," she said. The prime minister wa...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by placing wreaths at his mausoleum here on his 47th martyrdom anniversary and the National Mourning Day. After placing the wreath, the prime minister stood in solemn silence for some time as a mark of profound respect to the memory o...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said that government could understand the sufferings of the people due to the recent price hike of fuel oil and electricity rationing. "We can realise the sufferings of the people," she said. She assured the countrymen that the government will surely lower the price of fuel oil when it comes down in the intern...
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today said that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is working relentlessly to overcome the negative impacts of the current situation created due to the price hike of several items, including fuel, across the globe. "Today, the people of Bangladesh are facing hardship due to the negative impact of the glob...
Pranab Kumar Panday: In the wake of political upheaval in 2006, Bangladeshis endured an interim government for nearly two years. A caretaker government first promised citizens to hold free and fair elections within a reasonable time frame. However, after seizing control of the country, the ruling elite developed a case of hubris. Detaining the ...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today revisited the history of country's protracted independence struggle extracting Bangamata Begum Fazilatun Nesa Mujib's key-shadow role particularly in major turning points like the six-point demand, Bangabandhu's conditional release issue and his March 7 speech. "The decisions of my mother on major political is...
Dhaka and Beijing today signed four MoUs and agreements on different cooperation after visiting the Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi held an hour-long bilateral meeting with his Bangladesh counterpart Dr AK Abdul Momen here. Cooperation on infrastructure development, disaster management, cultural exchange and marine science ...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said South Asia, South East Asia and China could work together for economic progress by facing challenges arising from the Russia-Ukraine war. Referring to the Russia-Ukraine war, sanctions and counter-sanctions, she said, "People (across the globe) are suffering from all these reasons. South Asia, South East ...
Bangladesh has experienced significant economic transformation, which can be attributed to its leadership, reads an article published in The Express Tribune. Pakistan’s leadership can learn many lessons from Bangladesh’s experience and the main takeaway should be that Sheikh Hasina prioritised economic growth, which is crucial for b...
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