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Bangladesh should work with foreign companies for strengthening BAPEX: PM

  "Our manpower including engineers and officers will have to be given scope for work with foreign firms so that they could gather experiences and prepare themselves through work. I would like to tell the authorities concerned to strengthen the Bapex further and train up its manpower so that we could ourselves explore gas and oil," Prime M...

NPR strategy gets cabinet’s approval

  The government is going to prepare a National Population Register (NPR) to create a comprehensive database with full identification and other details of every sector and person. The cabinet in its regular meeting today has approved a planning document in this regard titled 'National Strategy for the Development of Statistics'.

Parliamentary Board of Bangladesh Awami League meets

  A meeting of the Awami League Parliamentary Board (ALPB) was held at the official residence of the Prime Minister at Ganobhaban last night. Prime Minister and ALPB President Sheikh Hasina chaired the meeting. ALPB members Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury, Amir Hossain Amu, Tofail Ahmed, Obaidul Quader, Kazi Zafarullah, Syed Ashraful Islam and Dr...

PM invites Khaleda Zia at Ganavaban

  Prime MinisterSheikh Hasina today invited Leader of the Opposition Begum Khaleda Zia to a dinner at her official residence Gonobhaban on Monday. The Prime Minister extended the invitation during a telephone conversation with the Leader of the Opposition from Gonobhaban this evening, Awami League general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam told...

Rampal Power Plant will not hurt Sundarban: PM

  Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reiterated that the Rampal coal-based power plant would not cause any harm to the ecology of the Sundarbans and its surrounding areas. Referring to the present status of a same 500-MW power plant in Boropukuria, Dinajpur, the Prime Minister said, her government during its last stint constructed the first coal...