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Padma Bridge on Way to Reality: Works on Full Swing

Braving all the odds, the construction work of Padma Multipurpose Bridge-- the biggest development project in the country’s history – seems to be moving into full stem. The process of setting up test piles of the main bridge began, in accordance with the scheduled time, on March 01, marking another step forward towards building the m...

When Politics Becomes Terrorism

Since being voted back to power in January 2014, the country continued its march of progress in almost all sectors of economic and human development under the Awami League government. In line with the successes achieved in the previous 5 years, the year saw Bangladesh continuing its progress in all major indictors of economic, social and human ...

"We must give women financial freedom and economic empowerment": PM's Interview in "Global: The International Briefing"

An interview of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina recently appeared in “Global: The International Briefing” publication’s First Quarter 2015 issue where she explained her fight for gender equality in a country which has traditionally considered women’s place in home only. She also describes the obstacles she has fac...

2014: A Year Of Achieving Global Accolades For Bangladesh

The year 2014 was marked with a series of success stories of Bangladeshi nationals on the international arena. With Prime Minister Shiekh Hasina and her daughter Saima Wazed Putul on the forefront, the country's scholars including artist, scientist, entrepreneur and journalist leapt into the world wining international prizes for their signature ...

A review of 2014: Bangladesh Braces for Progress and Prosperity

After taking oath of office in 2014, the Awami League led government devised numerous initiatives which yielded major uplifts in the progress of the nation. Rising GDP and economic miracles Economic expansion accelerated dramatically. Spectacularly, economic growth rate reached 6.2%, with a good possibility of the figure going up to 7.2%. In...