President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen together with Prime Minister Hasina on Wednesday launched the negotiations on a new Partnership and Cooperation Agreement to expand and develop the relationship between the EU and Bangladesh at the Global Gateway Forum. On this occasion, the EU, the European Investment Bank (EIB) and Ban...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said her government is determined to ensure equal rights of all citizens irrespective of their religions and castes. “We always believe that everyone in the country irrespective religion and caste will enjoy equal rights,” she said while exchanging greetings with the Hindu devotees at the Durga...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today reiterated a note of warning that tougher actions will be taken against the BNP-Jamaat clique if they engage in further arson terrorism or destructive activities in the name of the movement. "BNP-Jamaat wants to take to the streets in the name of movement. They can do movement and we have nothing to say. But, ...
Dipanjan Roy Chaudhury: Bangladesh, a nation of 170 million people, has been making remarkable strides in both its development and democratic principles in recent years, which would make it an Asian Tiger from what was once described as a basket case. Under the adept and visionary leadership of the Awami League (AL), in power s...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina denounced the attack on a hospital in Gaza that killed innocent people including children, reiterating her call to global leaders to stop the war and arms race for the wellbeing of mankind. "We saw the killing of people and children by bombing on a hospital in Gaza and blood stained faces of the children yesterday. ...
Dr. Pranab Kumar Panday: In a world filled with unprecedented challenges and crises, the leadership of Bangladesh's Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, has emerged as a shining example of effective crisis management. Over her tenure, Sheikh Hasina has navigated her country through numerous crises with remarkable poise, strategic thinking, and a comm...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday called for ending all wars, including the latest one between Israel and Palestine. "We do not want these wars. As a mother-- not as a woman politician or female prime minister --I will urge the world leaders to just stop these wars," she said. "Stop these games of weapons and arms race as these cause mos...
Prime Minister and Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina today called upon the countrymen to be cautious so that BNP cannot thwart the upcoming national election through any evil move, saying the election will be held on time and the people will exercise their voting rights freely. "Election will be held in this country at any cost, and peo...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday reaffirmed her vow to make the country’s upcoming national election free, fair and neutral truly reflecting the will of the people. “There are some people who talk about free, fair and neutral elections. But the country has witnessed free and neutral elections whenever the Awami League has been...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday (October 10, 2023) opened the Dhaka-Bhanga railway line, a part of which runs over Padma Bridge, in laying another milestone in the country’s infrastructure development. The opening of the 82-kilometre railway track from Dhaka to Faridpur’s Bhanga upazila under “Padma Bridge Rail Link Co...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said Bangladesh would be an international aviation hub as she made "soft opening" of the third terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) here. "Bangladesh's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport or Cox's Bazar International Airport will be the international aviation hub for its geographical lo...
Reiterating to build the country as "Smart Bangladesh", Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) is another step in building smart Bangladesh. "Bangladesh will be turned into a smart country in future, and the nuclear power plant is another step towards building that Smart Bangladesh," she said at the RNPP Gradu...
Bangladesh on Thursday officially received the first batch of uranium for its Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) to become the 33rd nuclear power-producing country in the world. The dream project’s Russian contractor, Rosatom, handed over the radioactive fuel to the RNPP authority at a formal “Graduation Ceremony,” a milestone...
Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina has said Bangladesh will plunge into an era of darkness if her party doesn't remain in power. "If the Awami League does not remain in power, the country will again return to the era of darkness. But, I know, the people of Bangladesh will not want to go back to the darkness," she said. She...
Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina, the oldest of the five children of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatun Nesa Mujib, was born on September 28, 1947, in Tungipara, Gopalganj. On Thursday, the nation is celebrating her 76th birthday as the four-time premier is ready to lead the party in the 12th...
Sahidul Hasan Khokon: With the eruption of Covid pandemic in Bangladesh, all the Western outlets came up in unison with a veritable projection for the youngest nation in South Asia: the leadership is destined to fail miserably, resulting in millions of deaths, the health system would collapse and, the premier should not be spared. Take the Eco...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in her speech at the UN General Assembly on Friday reiterated that Bangladesh will continue to promote democracy and rule of law as per its constitution. “In this session today, I would like to unequivocally reiterate that Bangladesh will continue to promote democracy, rule of law and freedom of expression in ...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the world community, particularly the ASEAN member states, to redouble their collective efforts to repatriate Rohingyas to their homeland in Myanmar side by side with executing the resolutions of security council and general assembly to ensure a sustainable solution to the crisis. "Redouble our concerted e...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said that the world's major economies should exercise honesty about climate change to avoid an impending crisis. "We expect the world's major economies to remain honest about climate change and do their fair share to avert the impending crisis," she said. The prime minister made the remarks in a" High-Level T...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday called for developing an international cooperation framework as part of the prevention of pandemics, placing five proposals to be addressed by the global community. "The COVID-19 pandemic has been a turning point for us all. We lost many around the world. We realized that nature has its own limits for h...
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