Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said the struggle to establish the primacy of Bengali as the mother language started by the Father of the Nation paved the way for Bangladesh's independence.Hasina also urged the people to take pride in their heritage and history as Bangalees while virtually addressing the presentation ceremony of the Ekushey Padak-2...
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) on Tuesday approved the South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation (Sasec) Dhaka-Sylhet Corridor Road Development project, aiming to ensure Bangladesh's overall economic development. The Sasec corridor, which involves Tk16,918.59 crore, will improve the country's road connectivit...
Just as it had been for past LDC status graduates, Bangladesh will also not face a lot of challenges afterwards for already having proven its economic resilience and potential for sustainable growth, according to a government study. It can be confidently stated that Bangladesh is going to graduate from its least developed country (LDC) status w...
More than 900,000 people have received their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine in Bangladesh in seven days since the mass inoculation began on Feb 7. On Sunday, the health workers administered over 169,000 doses across the country, according to the Directorate General of Health Services or DGHS. At the 47 hospitals in Dhaka, nearly 23,000 ...
Mass inoculation against Covid-19 that began across the country yesterday drew warm response from different sections of people. In most of the districts, cabinet members, lawmakers and government officials took the shot of vaccine to gain public trust. The health department has set up multiple booths at district headquarters and upazila health...