All will get Covid vaccine shots: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Tuesday said she has instructed the authorities concerned to inoculate the people massively with Covid-19 vaccines to ensure protection of all. “We have started purchasing vaccines. Inoculation has already started. We have to ensure massive vaccination so that all the people of our country are protected (from

250 ventilators collected from US at PM’s directive

Bangladesh has collected United States (US)-made 250 ventilators, an essential treatment gear for COVID-19 patients, following the directives of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. As per the premier's instructions, a group of expatriate Bangladeshi physicians residing in the USA and Canada, led by Dr Ziauddin Ahmed, collected the mobile ventilators for Bangladesh

Working to build a service-oriented administration: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said the aim of her government is to build a fully service-oriented administration to ensure the welfare of people. "Our aim is to build an administration that will serve people and ensure its accountability to people," she said at a function marking the signing of

Promote right persons in Army: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said the Army Headquarters Selection Board-2021 needs to pick qualified people for promotion aiming to build a strong military. "I believe that the selection board will select qualified people for promotion through wisdom and prudent analyses rising above the personal liking and disliking. You'll have

PM offers Tk 3,200cr packages for low-income groups

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Tuesday announced five new packages, involving Tk 3200 crore, to assist people with little income or no income. These packages will be used to assist the low-income group of people who have been hit hard by the restrictions imposed due to the ongoing lockdown amid the alarming

PM to open V20 Finance Summit Thursday

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, currently the Chair of the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF), will open the V20 Climate Vulnerable Finance Summit virtually on Thursday. Heads of state and government, G20 and major International Financial Institutions, including Secretary General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres will join the summit scheduled to be

China a trusted partner of Bangladesh: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stressed the need for exploring more avenues to take the strategic partnership with China to a new height, calling Beijing a trusted partner in socio-economic development of Bangladesh. "We would like to explore more avenues to take the Bangladesh-China strategic partnership to new heights and also work

Bangladesh to host Int’l peace conference in Nov: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday told Parliament that Bangladesh will host a two-day international peace conference in November next, marking the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. "The Foreign Ministry has already started taking its preparations to arrange this conference in Dhaka on November 4

Massive vaccination to begin in July: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Tuesday said a massive vaccination drive will begin in July and the government will provide any amount of money to procure Covid-19 vaccines to ensure free inoculation for all. "I've already announced that the government will ensure free vaccination for all. We'll provide funds, no matter how