The government launched a project to establish "Sheikh Hasina Cantonment" at Lebukhali along the Payra River in Barisal involving an estimated cost of Taka 1,699 crore. The main objective of the project is to establish a modern cantonment with all necessary physical infrastructures in line with the "Forces Goal 2030" and strengthening national ...
Prime Minister and Leader of the House Sheikh Hasina said Bangladesh's existence and history are involved with Bangabandhu's historic March 7 speech. "Bangladesh's existence, history everything are involved with Bangabandhu's historic March 7 speech and the people of the country were energised through this speech during the war of liberation in...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said Bangladesh wants collaborative engagements with India and other neighbours for regional peace and prosperity and benefit of the people in South Asia. "We want to cooperate with India and other countries in the immediate neighbourhood for creating an area of peace in South Asia," she said while jointly fla...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the Commonwealth countries to exert pressure on the Myanmar government to stop persecution on its Rohingya citizens and take them back from Bangladesh at the earliest. The Prime Minister said this while inaugurating 63rd Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (CPC) at a function at South Plaza of the Jatiya...
Describing poverty as the main enemy of South Asia's development, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reiterated her call to work together by all countries of the region to root out the poverty. The premier made the call when Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Bangladesh Yasoja Gunasekera paid a farewell call on her at her official Ganabhaban residen...
Mentioning that the government wants peace and security of the people, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said continuation of the government is very much needed for development of the country. "We're accomplishing the development work as we remain in state power for nine years at a stretch from 2009 to 2017. So the continuation of the government is ...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has laid the foundation stone of the first-ever rental-based flat construction project for slum-dwellers in city's Mirpur. She laid the foundation stone of the project through videoconferencing from her official Ganabhaban residence on Thursday morning. Through the same function, the prime minister laid the foundat...
Renewing her vow to further strengthen the foundation of democracy, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said Awami League wants that the next general election be held in a free and impartial manner. "We want that the next (national) polls will be staged in a free and neutral manner as we made a struggle for establishing voting rights of the peop...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said her government gave a befitting reply to insults heaped upon Bangladesh over so- called "corruption" by constructing the giant Padma Bridge with own funding. "Through constructing the Padma Bridge with own finances, we could give a befitting reply to those who heaped insults upon us and undermined Bangladesh's ...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has ruled out possibility of any political understanding with BNP, saying that nobody should come up with such a proposal. "Those who are thinking about political understanding with the BNP should discard such thought," she told a press conference at Bangladesh's Permanent Mission in New York on Friday morning (Frid...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has sought expeditious UN and global interventions to protect all civilians in Myanmar's Rakhine State irrespective of religion and ethnicity and take effective steps for a permanent solution to the protracted Rohingya crisis. Addressing the UN General Assembly in New York on Thursday afternoon (this morning in Bang...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said Ziaur Rahman's role in blocking a British investigation into the assassination of Bangabandhu proves that he connived in the 1975 killings. She recalled the background and incidents to put the blame on Bangladesh's first military ruler Zia for the murders at a programme organised by the Awami League on Wedn...
Saleque Sufi: It is anticipated that our PM's visit to India will result in some very important agreements, MOUs and protocols between the two SAARC neighbours. India is Bangladesh's next door neighbour encircling it from the entire west and north and about 80 percent of the east. The two countries also share extensive maritime boundaries in th...
Migration is not an apolitical phenomenon. To be precise, it is an outcome of the governing process and policies. The Awami League-led government has declared the labour migration sector as a ‘thrust sector’ and already incorporated such initiative which reflects the willingness of policy planners and stakeholders to place migration ...
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has attended the seminar on "South-South and Triangular Cooperation in Scaling up Innovation in Public Service Delivery" organised by Bangladesh and UN office for South-South cooperation at the Conference Room of UN Headquarters on Tuesday. Here is the full speech by the Bangladesh premier. Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahi...
I convey my heartiest greetings to my countrymen as well as to all expatriate Banglees on the occasion of the great Independence and National Day of Bangladesh. The 26th March is the day of earning self-identity of our nation. It’s the day of breaking the shackles of subjugation. On the eve of the Independence, I recall with deep ...
The Global Climate Risk Index ranks Bangladesh as one of the 10 nations most vulnerable to climate change. Each year, the impact of the global shift wipes out 2 to 3 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product and some 900,000 Bangladeshis have died over the past 35 years because of severe storms and natural disasters attributable to global ...
PM Sheikh Hasina's address at 70th Session of UNGA Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim Mr. President, Assalamu Alaikum and Good Morning to you all. Let me extend my heartiest felicitations on your election as the President of the 70thsession of the General Assembly. I also appreciate His Excellency Sam Kutesa for his excellent leadership of the Gene...
Opening Statement by Hon’ble Prime Minister as Co-Chair of Interactive Dialogue Session 3: Fostering Sustainable Economic Growth, transformation and promoting sustainable consumption and production at the UN Summit on Sustainable Development Goals on 26 September 2015 Prime Minister Charles Michel,Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, ...
PM Sheikh Hasina's statement at "Global Leader’s Meeting on Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment" Mr. President,Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Good Morning to you all. I thank President Xi Jinping for inviting me to this meeting. We attach the highest importance to women’s participation in all walks of life and livelihood...
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