Impossible to oust Awami League government as people support it: PM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister and Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina today said it was not possible to topple her government and push the country to darkness again as the people are in favour of them. "They (BNP-Jamaat) are dreaming to oust the Awami League (AL) government. How did they forget that Awami League always stands beside the people, for whic...

HPM Sheikh Hasina raises six priority points for Indian Ocean region's resilient future

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today raised six priority areas for the countries of the Indian Ocean region, including fostering maritime diplomacy and partnership, and strengthening maritime security and mutual trust for prosperity for all. "Despite its potential, the region faces many challenges. The countries in the Indian Ocean region, theref...

Bangladesh was pushed to the verge of destruction during BNP-Jamaat regime: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Denouncing opposition BNP and Jamaat as "arsonists", Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reiterated her call upon countrymen to prevent them from coming to power again. BNP-Jamaat nexus drove Bangladesh to the verge of destruction during their regime, she said yesterday while speaking at a civic reception accorded to her at Ritz Carlton hotel in W...

Awami League must move forward overcoming obstacles: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister and Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina today said the leaders and activists of her party will march ahead in unison by confronting all the conspiracies and hurdles and build a prosperous, developed and smart Bangladesh by 2041. “Attacks and conspiracies will come. But we want the leaders and activists of the Awami Le...

Bangladesh can be a market of 300 cr people: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday called Bangladesh the most ideal place for investment in the world, seeking larger foreign and local investment for mutual benefit. "Bangladesh is the most ideal place for investment in the world as we offer maximum investment opportunities. So, I hope overseas investment will come here and local people w...

Monga has been wiped out permanently when Awami League assumed office: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said her government's main focus is on building a modern and technology-knowledge based nation. "Our aim is to turn Bangladesh into a developed and prosperous country through building a modern and technology-knowledge based nation," she said. The premier said this while addressing the inaugural ceremony of th...

Chhatra League's job is to work for people: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leaders and activists to prepare themselves as skilled manpower to utilize their innovative power and avail themselves of the advantage of upcoming technology (4IR), keeping away from corruption, militancy, terrorism. “The 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) will come a...

HPM Sheikh Hasina offers economic zone, high-tech park for US investors

Describing Bangladesh as a promising destination for US business and investment, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today offered a special economic zone (EPZ) and a high-tech park to the American companies for their investments on a large scale. “We are offering one dedicated Special Economic Zone (EPZ) for American companies to establish manu...

Sheikh Hasina named among top three 'inspirational' women leaders in Commonwealth

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been named amongst the top three inspirational women leaders in the Commonwealth for her response to the coronavirus pandemic in Bangladesh. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Arden and Barbados Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley were also honoured in a special announcement ahead of the International Women’s ...

HPM Sheikh Hasina places four proposals to save climate vulnerable nations

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today called for ensuring 100 billion US dollars a year for developing countries to save them from climate change impacts as she placed a four-point proposal including “establishing climate justice” at a virtual “Climate Vulnerable Leaders’ Event”. She also informed that her government ...

Vote for Boat to keep up peace and development: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has described "boat" as the "symbol of the people" seeking vote for it saying Awami League's reelection in the next polls was crucial to keep up the peace and the current development spree. "Nobody returns empty-handed after voting for 'boat' . . . we delivered more than what we had committed," Sheikh Hasina told a ...

HPM Sheikh Hasina at the public rally organized by district Awami League at Chandpur

HPM Sheikh Hasina at the public rally organized by district Awami League at Chandpur

HPM Sheikh Hasina urges Singapore business community to become Bangladesh's development partner

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged Singapore business communities to take a partnership role in Bangladesh's journey towards economic development as she offered 500 acres of land or more for setting their own industrial park. Pointing out her government's initiative for setting up Special Economic Zones across the country, the pr...

HPM Sheikh Hasina visits Zafar Iqbal at CMH

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked the authorities concerned to do whatever necessary for the better treatment of eminent writer and educationist Professor Zafar Iqbal. The prime minister gave the directives while visiting Zafar Iqbal at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Dhaka this afternoon. Iqbal, a professor of Shahjalal Univers...

HPM Sheikh Hasina optimistic of Awami League's victory in the next poll

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed her firm optimism of Awami League' s victory in the next election and the development spree will continue through it. "Insha Allah the 'boat' (AL's election symbol) will be victorious and the development spree of the country will keep on," she told a mammoth public rally here this afternoon. Sheikh Ha...

Sheikh Hasina, a kind mother: Three Nobel Laureates

Three female Nobel Peace Prize laureates has called Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as a "kind mother" and said Bangladesh now needs more international assistance for rehabilitation of the Rohingyas. They called the atrocities on the Rohingyas a genocide, saying that the perpetrators must be brought to the book. "The Myanmar government must ...

HPM Sheikh Hasina for quality and modern higher education

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has put emphasis on quality and time-befitting education to further consolidate country's position in the fast-changing and competitive world. "We want to build a time-befitting and quality education system so that the nation can move keeping pace with the modern world. To achieve the goal, we're going ahead with va...

HPM Sheikh Hasina asks Ansar & VDP to get ready to hold next polls free, peaceful

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has directed the members of Bangladesh Ansar and VDP to remain ready for holding the next elections in a free and peaceful manner. "We want the next elections be more peaceful. So every member of the Ansar and VDP will have to stay always ready so that the people can exercise their voting rights, which are their fun...

Cox’s Bazar Turning To A Power & Energy Hub: Saleque Sufi

Blessed with excellent gifts of nature Cox’s Bazar is developing into a city of joy for the people of South and South East Asia. Its excellent geographical location having the longest flat sandy sea beach in the world, huge prospects of untapped maritime resources, excellent prospect of construction of fuel import infrastructures and power...

A New Year joke?: Nadeem Qadir

As we have stepped into 2018, it has been all about the next parliamentary elections, and what awaits the nation in the coming months as the ruling Awami League and opposition BNP are locked in fighting a war-of-words over the polls. Until now! The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chief Khaleda Zia and her convict son Tarique Rahman have made...