Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said Bangladesh and Japan have agreed to work unitedly to promote deeper cooperation to further enhance the existing relationship between the two countries. “We agreed to work together to promote deeper cooperation between our two countries,” she told the official dinner hosted by her Japanese counterpar...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today called upon the Japanese businessmen to explore new areas of investment in export oriented sectors in Bangladesh by exploiting full potential of business and trade relations between the two countries.“We would, however, like to see diversification in our export basket. I would call upon you (Japanese busi...
Sheikh Hasina plans to take Bangladesh to the ranks of prosperous countries the way Japan has transformed into an industrially advanced nation from an agrarian economy.The prime minister spoke about the plan at a reception organised by expatriate Bangladeshis at New Otani Hotel in Tokyo on Tuesday.The Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Muji...
Bangladesh and Brunei has issued a joint statement on 23rd April agreeing to explore the possibility of comprehensive collaboration in energy sector as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina wrapped up her three-day visit to the Southeast Asian kingdom. “Given the growing demand of energy in Bangladesh to support the rapid economic growth, both sid...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the occasion of the historic Mujibnagar Day. The premier paid the homage by placing a wreath at Bangabandhu’s portrait in front of Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi in the city this morning. After laying the wreath, t...
Prime Minister and Leader of the House Sheikh Hasina said the government would rehabilitate the drug dealers on their surrenders. “Many drug peddlers are surrendering due to (nationwide) massive awareness campaign … Financial assistance will be given to them for their rehabilitation,” she said while replying to a supplementar...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said, “None will be able to suppress Bangladesh … it’s advancing and will move ahead further.” She expressed her firm determination to keep up the pace of development, saying that she considers the premiership as a scope to serve the people. “Running the state and the post of pri...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today inaugurated and laid the foundation stones of 321 development projects across the country. The premier opened and laid the foundation stones of 321 uplift schemes in 56 districts under 21 ministries and divisions through a videoconference from her official Ganabhaban residence here this morning. Finance Minis...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina made a fervent call to administrative officials, doctors and all other concerned for a proper operation and maintenance of the medical institutes and hospitals established by her government to ensure people’s right to healthcare services. “Your foremost duty is to give services to the people. Side by sid...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina categorically said the polls must be held in Bangladesh on time, brushing aside confusions about the next general elections. “The Election Commission is taking preparation for the next polls and it will be held as per the commission’s schedule . . . I believe the election will surely be held,” she ...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today sought vote from the young generation for Awami League in the upcoming elections to keep up the pace of development, terming them as the biggest strength of the country. “Bangladesh witnessed tremendous development in the last 10 years of the present government. We seek vote from the young generation who...
Shah Ali Farhad: From sports to politics, from businesses to the armed forces, the women of Bangladesh are shattering glass ceilings left and right. They are at the forefront of a new, emerging and confident Bangladesh. According to the World Economic Forum (WEF), Bangladesh is now the second most gender equal country in Asia, tops South Asia i...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been conferred with the prestigious ‘International Achievement Award’ and the ‘2018 Special Distinction Award for Outstanding Leadership’ for her humanitarian and responsible policy in hosting the Rohingyas. Inter Press Service (IPS), a global news agency, conferred the ‘Internation...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has once again blamed Myanmar, this time in her address to the annual UN gathering, for delaying the process to take back the Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh. A permanent and sustainable repatriation of the Rohingyas is yet to begin despite several treaties signed on the issue between Bangladesh and Myanmar, Hasin...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the killers, money-launderers and oppotunists became united against the Awami League government and feared the country will be destroyed if they could come to power. “These characters will plunder national wealth, destroy the country and become cohorts of the anti-liberation forces if they come to pow...
Shah Ali Farhad: In the last 10 years, Bangladesh has come a long way on the road of development because one politician has kept her biggest promises and pledges to the people. In 2008, the yet-to-be Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina talked of ‘Vision 2021’ in her ‘Manifesto of Change’ (Din Badaler Ishtehar), an aspirat...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged journalists to use their professional scope for country’s greater interest, saying the freedom of press should not to be used in a childlike manner. “We fully believe in freedom of press, however it should not to be used in childish manner and everybody should remain careful about this,” ...
The popularity of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has marked a significant rise as around 66 percent countrymen have lent out their support for the Bangladesh premier, alongside the Awami League-led government still rides on a good public support at 64 percent, said a survey of IRI. The Washington-based International Republican Institute (IRI) con...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has accused Myanmar of spreading disinformation over their minority Rohingya population through misleading photographs of corpses, calling the act “disgusting”. “This is an act of magical trick . . . What they are doing is disgusting,” she said as foreign media investigations found Myanmar ar...
Bangladesh and India has agreed to continue their joint endevours to better the lives of their two peoples as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina held talks with her counterpart Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the 4th BIMSTEC Summit. “The two premiers said they want to carry on their joint endevours for changing the fate of the people of the t...
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