Prothom Alo is enemy of govt: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday came down heavily on the Prothom Alo saying that the Bengali language daily is the enemy of her ruling Awami League party, democracy and the people of the country. "The name of the paper is Prothom Alo (first light), but it lives in darkness. Prothom

Stability of democracy behind massive dev: PM

 Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday told the Parliament that the stability of parliamentary democracy since 2008 created a scope for massive development in Bangladesh. "During the last three terms --2008, 2014 and 2018-- in line with the constitution, the continuous progress of Bangladesh National Parliament, the consistency of parliamentary democracy

Bangabandhu’s speeches are national assets: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said the speeches of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman are invaluable assets for the present and future generations. "He (Bangabandhu), in every speech, had given the guidelines over how to run Bangladesh. So, these speeches are priceless assets for us," she said

Govt to assist Bangabazar traders to recover damages: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the government will assist the Bangabazar businesspeople as much as possible after estimating the damages caused by Tuesday's fire. "I've already assured that we will help them as much as we can. We'll assess who incurred how much loss," she said addressing an event

PM for realising tolls from regional highways

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Tuesday asked the authorities concerned to take necessary measures for realising tolls from the regional highways. "The government is constructing infrastructures spending thousands of crores of Taka. So, there is a need to make arrangement for realising tolls from the regional highways at least at a minimum

PM hails Bangladesh’s progress in medical science

 Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said that doctors in Bangladesh are now capable of performing critical operations, including kidney transplant as the country has advanced in healthcare. "Bangladesh has made a huge progress in medical treatment. Doctors are now capable of carrying out many critical operations, including kidney transplant," she

Protect overseas job seekers from frauds: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday stressed the need for ensuring that seekers of jobs abroad must not fall prey to the frauds and middlemen. "So we always have to consider that these people could go abroad through proper channel and get appropriate job. It is very important for us to

PM for boosting Bangladesh-Vietnam economic ties

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Thursday laid emphasis on strengthening the economic cooperation between Bangladesh and Vietnam for the mutual benefit of the both countries as the outgoing Ambassador of Vietnam in Dhaka Pham Viet Chien called on her at Ganabhaban here. Briefing reporters after the call on, Prime Minister's Press Secretary

Agriculture to be mechanised thru’ multipurpose cooperatives: PM

Prime Minister sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the government will mechanise the agriculture through multipurpose rural cooperatives to boost production of food and other crops. "We are taking an initiative to mechanise the agriculture through multipurpose rural cooperatives system which was initially taken up by the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu