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Conspirators against Padma Bridge will get their reply: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said the quarters who hatched a conspiracy over the construction of the Padma Bridge now awaited a befitting reply as the landmark structure was set to be erected completely eventually with completion of its 60 percent works. “We will give them a befitting reply who wanted to tarnish Bangladesh’s image a...

Cabinet abolishes quota system in 1st, 2nd class govt jobs

 The cabinet today approved scrapping the quota system in government services accepting a high-level government committee recommendation for its complete abolition in recruiting first and second class officers. The approval was given in the weekly meeting of the cabinet held at the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) with Prime Minister Sh...

Awami League depends on people, not on external force: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said her party would remain in office if the people vote it to power in the next election while it does not bank on any force abroad for retaining power. “We depend on the people, not any outside force to remain in power,” the prime minister told a press conference at her Ganobhaban official residenc...

UN expresses solidarity with Bangladesh's govt

The United Nations (UN) has expressed full solidarity and cooperation with the government and the people of Bangladesh. “The UN is with full solidarity and full cooperation with the government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the people of Bangladesh,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a meeting with the Bangladesh pr...

HPM Sheikh Hasina receives‘International Achievement Award’ and the ‘2018 Special Distinction Award for Outstanding Leadership’

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been conferred with the prestigious ‘International Achievement Award’ and the ‘2018 Special Distinction Award for Outstanding Leadership’ for her humanitarian and responsible policy in hosting the Rohingyas. Inter Press Service (IPS), a global news agency, conferred the ‘Internation...