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HPM Sheikh Hasina for further integrating Bangladesh-India economies

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today suggested further integrating economies of Bangladesh and India to consolidate the global and regional value chains cashing on the available synergies. “I believe both our countries can move up the global and regional value chains by further integrating our economies taking advantage of available synergi...

People of all religious faiths will live together with equal right: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reiterated her call to the countrymen to stay firm on non-communal spirit of the War of Liberation, saying people of all religious faiths will live in the country with equal right. “All people in combine have made the country independent in exchange of their blood . . . Freedom of pract...

Digital Bangladesh: Govt turned challenges of COVID-19 into opportunities

There is a saying, 'Magician's task is to make the impossible possible'. The story of the current government's digital platform is much the same. When, in 2009, Bangladesh Awami League pledged to build 'Digital Bangladesh', oppositions and a segment of civil society laughed it away labeling it as 'Old Wive's Tale'. But today, Bangladesh, the cha...

UNESCO adopts proposal on "Bangabandhu International Award"

The UNESCO Executive Board has unanimously adopted a proposal for the establishment of UNESCO-Bangladesh Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman International Award in the field of the creative economy. The prize will be awarded to global initiatives of youth in the field of creative economy. The proposal was adopted at the plenary of the virtual se...

Govt signs Covid-19 vaccine procurement contract with Serum Institute of India

The government has signed Covid-19 vaccine procurement contract with Serum Institute of India today. The agreement was signed at an event at the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) in presence of Health Minister Zahid Maleque. Prof ABM Khurshid Alam, director general of the DGHS; Prof Nasima Sultana, additional director general (admi...