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Govt to appoint 10,000 more midwives to ensure better services to mothers, newborns: PM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the government will appoint 10,000 more midwives gradually to ensure better healthcare for mothers and newborn babies. “In 2010 at a programme in the United Nations headquarters, I pledged to recruit 30,000 midwives. In continuation of that the government has been able to appoint 20,000 midwi...

Govt changing curriculum to discourage learning by memorisation: PM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said her government is bringing changes to the curriculum and the method of education mainly to cut dependency on learning through memorisation to flourish talents and creativity of the students. "We want our children not only to learn by memorisation rather they get scope to flourish talents and creativity as...

Engineers are driving force for building Smart Bangladesh: PM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday hailed the engineers as the driving force for transforming the country into a smart Bangladesh. “For building smart Bangladesh the main driving force is the engineers of the country,” she said. The prime minister was speaking at the 61st convention of Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IE...

Muslim countries' united work could reduce misery of Palestinians: PM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said united work of Muslim countries could bring better and dignified position for the Muslim community in the world along with reducing misery of the Palestinians as she opened the Hajj Programme-2024. "Today, if all the Muslim countries worked together making an alliance, it would have been easier to attain ...

'Smart Bangladesh' by 2041: Government undertakes 8 strategic initiatives

The government of Bangladesh has undertaken eight strategic initiatives aimed at transforming the nation into a cost-effective, sustainable, innovative, intelligent, and knowledge-based 'Smart Bangladesh' by 2041. These initiatives are designed to enhance the ICT sector's contribution to the GDP, expand digital services, and foster innovation a...