We will never depend on other's model of development: PM Sheikh Hasina

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina today asked scholars, including fellows of the Prime Minister's Fellowship (PMF), to apply their own intelligence and thoughts incorporating knowledge to be acquired from local and foreign education to devise plans to ensure the country's robust development. "We will never depend on other's model for ensuring develo...

Sheikh Hasina's Foreign Policy in the Footsteps of Bangabandhu

Dr. Pranab Kumar Panday: Bangladesh, a nation nestled in South Asia, has long been recognised for its resilient spirit and remarkable progress. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is a significant contributor to this transformation, whose astute leadership has propelled the country forward on various fronts. Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's daughte...

City polls prove Awami League govt's neutrality: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said recent city corporation polls proved elections under her incumbent government could be credible and fair where people could cast their votes spontaneously. "Elections to the city corporations have held one after another and people are casting their votes spontaneously due to having continued democracy in ...

My goal is to change the fate of Bangladesh's people: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said her goal is for improving the condition of the people of the country. “My goal is to change the fate of the people of Bangladesh,” she said at a meeting at Tungipara in her home district of Gopalganj. The premier was exchanging greetings and views with local leaders and members of Awami L...

HPM Sheikh Hasina exchanged greetings with mass people in Kotalipara

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has exchanged greetings with the local Awami League and associate organisations' leaders and activists, local representatives and commoners on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha at Kotalipara Upazila Awami League office in Gopalganj district. Earlier, the Premier reached Kotalipara around 11.27 in the morning after crossing...

Awami League was founded to serve the people: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday said that the fate of the country’s people will change only if the Bangladesh Awami League remains in power. ‘People’s fate changes only if there is Awami League (in power),’ she said while delivering her address as the chair at a discussion meeting organized by the AL on the occasi...

PM Sheikh Hasina vowed to build a prosperous smart Bangladesh

Prime Minister and Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina today vowed to build a happy, prosperous and Smart Bangladesh by changing the fate of the countrymen. "Let's take an oath on Awami League's founding anniversary occasion to build a happy, prosperous and Smart Bangladesh by changing the fate of the countrymen as dreamt by the Father of...

Govt to distribute 10 KG rice to each of the 1.25 crore ultra-poor families

The government is set to distribute 10 kilograms of rice to each of the 1.25 crore ultra-poor and destitute families ahead of Eid-ul-Azha to soften the blow of spiralling inflation. The disclosure was made yesterday by Enamur Rahman, the state minister for disaster management and relief, after a meeting of the Executive Committee of National Ec...

BNP Rallies Threatening to Assassinate Sheikh Hasina, Awami League Supporters: Plotting Terror over Upcoming Elections

When any general election comes, the BNP leaders and activists indulge in killing people. BNP high-ups issued special instructions to create panic among people by killing and sabotaging grassroots leaders and activists. In that continuation, BNP is once again creating an environment for violence against the leaders and activists of Awami League ...

Bangladesh-Switzerland signs MoU to enhance skills-training capacity

Bangladesh and Switzerland on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to enhance skills-training capacity and knowledge-sharing partnership. The deal seeks to widen opportunities in Bangladesh to export skilled manpower, specifically from the medical and IT sectors, to Switzerland. The signing ceremony was held at the bilateral me...

Don’t allow Fourth Industrial Revolution to undermine humanity: PM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said it must be ensured that the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) tools are not used to hurt or undermine humanity. “We must make sure that the 4IR tools are not put to use to hurt or undermine our humanity,” she said. The prime minister said this while responding to a question in a progra...

Invest in social justice to build peaceful, inclusive societies worldwide: HPM Sheikh Hasina at the World of Work Summit 2023

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged the global community to invest in social justice in an effort to build peaceful, just and inclusive societies worldwide. "We can achieve lasting peace and sustainable development on the foundation of social justice. We must invest in social justice in our efforts to build peaceful, just and inclusive societies...

Bangladesh: The Paramount Achievement of Awami League on its Journey so far

Bangladesh Awami League is the root of all achievements the country has – from the rise of nationalism among the people, mass movements against the thousand-years slavery with the spirit of the national slogan ‘Joy Bangla', to the people’s trust in boat symbol and the ultimate victory over colonial rule through nine months of Liberation War.

A Decade of Progress and Prosperity for Bangladeshi Women

Pranab Kumar Panday: Sustainable development relies on several factors, one of the most important of which is the advancement and prosperity of women. Despite making up roughly half of the world's population, females experience higher rates of social isolation, discrimination, and poverty than their male counterparts. As a result, promoting gen...

Bangladesh will move forward under the leadership of Awami League

Hiren Pandit: Awami League President Sheikh Hasina mentioned that "hurts will come, conspiracies will happen, but Awami League leaders and workers will definitely move forward unitedly to face those conspiracies." Awami League has established the right to vote and rice for the people of Bangladesh. Awami League established Digital Bangladesh, a...

No external force will put BNP in power: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said no external force will put BNP in power on a merry-go-round, but they would rather use the party against her government. “They think someone, coming from somewhere else, will put them in power riding a merry-go-round. No one will do that. It will use (them), but won't give them power,” ...

Bangladesh believes in peace, not in conflict: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said Bangladesh believes in peace and would do whatever is required for peace. "We believe in peace, not in conflict. Bangladesh always believes in peace and it would do all possible things, whatever is required to establish peace," she said while addressing an event marking International Day of UN Peacekeeper...

Bangladesh-China relations should focus on further development: PM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina described China as one of the major development partners of Bangladesh, saying the main focus of the bilateral relations between the two countries should be focused on further development of the two nations. "The main focus of the bilateral relations of the two countries should be on how to further develop our count...

Bangabandhu's 'Joliot-Curie' Award: Bangladesh's first international recognition on the road to forming humane state

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's tireless struggle for 23 years led to the birth of Bangladesh as an independent nation, standing proudly among the global community. Later, he worked tirelessly to build the war-torn country and establish Bangladesh in the international arena. Beyond his national efforts, Sheikh Mujib emerged as an inspiration...

BNP leader’s death threat to PM: Academics, senior journalists criticize Fakhrul’s ‘justification’

Academics and senior journalists have criticized Bangladesh Nationalist Party Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir’s latest statement that they view as “approval and justification” of a Rajshahi party leader publicly making a death threat against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Calling the threat, issued last week, as a...