Prime Minister expressed her satisfaction over the cantonment being named after Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's youngest son Sheikh Russel. "Two of my brothers were army members [Captain Sheikh Kamal and Lieutenant Sheikh Jamal] … Russel was our youngest brother and we lost him too." Sheikh Russel aspired to become an army officer, Has...
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 today said her government is creating a scope for the survival of people who don't have a home or an address. She said, "The day is not far when not a single person will be left without address or homeless and landless." The prime minister said this in a meeting of the National Implementation Committee for Fa...
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...
Pranab Kumar Panday: After the independence in 1971, Bangabandhu returned to Bangladesh on 10 January 1972. Returning to his motherland, he concentrated on building a war-torn country, paying attention to the development of the economy, the build of infrastructure and strengthening international ties. According to his plan, Bangladesh was progr...
She has witnessed everything about Bangladesh – from its birth to its establishment as a middle-income country. In the journey of advancement of war-torn Bangladesh since its independence, the country experienced attacks on the national flag by old vulture enemies and also the endless joy of mass people for exercising their voting rights. ...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said every house of the country have now come under electrification as she announced cent percent electricity coverage after inaugurating 1,320 MW Payra Thermal Power Plant, the largest of its kind. "The biggest thing is that we have been able to light the houses of every people," she said at the function here...
Dr. Pranab Kumar Pandey: The welfare state is meant to provide services to citizens, especially those living below the poverty line. That happens in developed states but not often in developing countries like Bangladesh. Prior to 2008, no government in Bangladesh took up programs to provide a social security net for the poor. That changed afte...
Leprosy patients, who were virtually excluded from society, thanked Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for integrating them back into society. "People suffering from leprosy were loathed in our country. There was hatred in the eyes of relatives, neighbours, and onlookers. Then we came to Dhaka. We were staying at platform 8 at Kamlapur Railway Statio...
We got our freedom as Bangabandhu promised to free the Bengali nation from slavery. The country was later plunged into darkness due to military and civilian dictatorship. However, Hon'ble Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, daughter of Bangabandhu, promised to bring this country back to the path of prosperity by overcoming the darkness. Therefore, bef...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has invited United Arab Emirates investors to avail lucrative opportunities in Bangladesh, harness its potentials, and make the country their home. "Come and make Bangladesh your home. I assure you all that Bangladesh is now a land of lucrative opportunities," she said. Hasina made the call while addressing the Ban...
Collaboration between countries in the field of agricultural research and education should be enhanced in order to ensure food security for the people of the Asia-Pacific region, says Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. “Food security is surely the most pressing issue for the people,” she said in her inaugural speech for the FAO 36th Regi...
Bangladesh and United Arab Emirates (UAE) have agreed to further cement the existing bilateral relations between the two countries for mutual benefits. The decision was taken at a bilateral meeting between Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and UAE Vice President and Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum here on Tuesday. Bo...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said the historic March 7 speech of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is still an inspiration to take the country forward. "The historic March 7 speech is still inspiring us to take the country forward," she said. The prime minister was addressing a ceremony as the chief guest marking ...
The greatest Bengali, who led the nation for freedom from the thousand-years-chain of subordination, was none but Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. He finally declared independence on March 26 in 1971, following the two-long decades of struggles for freedom. The Bengali nation leapt into the war at the risk of their lives. The whole 55,000 squa...
Dr. Pranab Kumar Pandey The Awami League (AL) government came to power in 2008 and started implementing the Charter of Change. The main theme of the Charter of Change was to build a developed Bangladesh free from hunger and poverty, which would be based on Digital Bangladesh. With that goal in mind, the present government under the leadership of...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina directed the authorities concerned to set up a universal pension scheme for people aged above 60 and also for those who worked in the informal sector. The pension scheme was in the election manifesto of the Bangladesh Awami League. If an individual aged 18 or above deposits Tk1,000 per month, the savings will be ar...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said that those who fail to appreciate the country's achievements are the "weeds of the land" and the people have to think what they would do with this section. "The Father of the Nation used to say one thing, the land of the country is so much fertile that there are plenty of crops along with weeds. This...
To make science education easy, Sheikh Hasina has put accent on employing familiar words instead of being too conservative in using a particular terminology.Speaking at an event marking Martyrs Day and International Mother Language Day via a video call from the Ganabhaban on Monday, she said her government is prioritising research in every spher...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday called upon the Bangla Academy and local administration to take measures for increasing cultural and literary activities at the district level and expanding the tenure of the Amar Ekushey Book Fair till March 17, the birthday of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. "Cultural and lit...
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