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HPM Sheikh Hasina for bringing down the interest rate to single digit

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asked the bank authorities to bring down interest rate to a single digit to expedite investment in the country. "I would like to tell you to cut interest rate, otherwise investment is not possible in the country ... it must be brought down to a single digit," she said while receiving donation for her Relief and Welf...

HPM Sheikh Hasina calls for economic use of electricity

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today renewed her call to the countrymen to be economical in using electricity saying that the government has to spend a huge amount of money to produce it.  "You'll have to be economical in using electricity ... we want that the people to use it properly," she said while opening Bheramara 410-MW Combined Cycle...

HPM Sheikh Hasina hopeful for solving Teesta water sharing issue

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said she was hopeful of solving the pending Teesta water sharing issue with India as Indian Foreign Secretary Vijay Keshav Gokhale paid a courtesy call on her. "We've resolved many problems. Now one problem remains to be resolved is Teesta issue," Premier's Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim quoted her as saying while br...

HPM Sheikh Hasina inaugurates 4 road development projects in Cumilla

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated just-completed four road development projects in Cumilla expressing her firm optimism that Bangladesh would advance further keeping its head high."We're a victorious nation ... we'll move keeping our head high and materialize Bangabandhu's dream of establishing a developed and prosperous Sonar Bangla (Gol...

HPM Sheikh Hasina lays foundation of 9 model mosques

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said her government has been making constant efforts to establish the fact that Islam is a religion of peace and make people aware of its real lessons. The Prime Minister said this while inaugurating the construction works of nine model mosques and Islamic cultural centres to be built in different places of the ...