Keep vigil against ghosts of illegal power grabbers: PM

 Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday called upon the people to join forces with her party to resist the 'ghosts' of illegal power grabbers who want to foil the fruits of independence and the country's development spree. "The independence of the country must not be allowed to fail. The illegal power

Recognise March 25 as Int’l Genocide Day PM urges UN

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday urged all international community including the United Nations to recognise March 25 as the International Genocide Day.  "Internationally we want that ...March 25 will get recognition as the International Genocide Day," she said.  The Prime Minister said this while delivering her introductory speech in the Awami

PM calls for building equality-based society

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called upon all, including global people, to build a society based on equality and free from all kinds of discrimination and sectarianism. "We follow Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's peace policy in running the country," she said in a message on the eve

Bangladesh’s sterling dev owes to democracy: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said the unprecedented development of Bangladesh has been possible due to unhindered democratic process since 2008. "After being elected in 2008 election, there has been unhindered democratic process prevailing in the country. The development that is being witnessed right now has been possible for this,"

Working to ensure roofs for all homeless: PM

 Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said her government has been working to ensure all homeless people get houses with lands. "Not a single person will remain homeless or landless in Bangladesh. We've been working to implement this goal," she said. The premier said this while providing 39,365 more houses with two-decimal

PM asks law enforcers take cybercriminals to task

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked the law enforcement agencies to take proper action against cybercrimes. "We'll have to be careful against cybercrimes and take action accordingly. I would like to tell all , including RAB and every intelligence agency, that they will have to play a proper role in

Hasina, Modi open Indo-Bangla Friendship Pipeline

A 131.57-kilometre cross-border 'Indo-Bangla Friendship Pipeline' was inaugurated on Saturday as part of cooperation in energy sector between the two neighbouring countries through which Bangladesh will import petroleum products, especially diesel from India. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Prime Minister Narendra Modi formally inaugurated the newly built pipeline. Hasina

Children to be groomed as smart citizens: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday urged the children to grow as smart citizens following the ideals of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. "The Father of the Nation Bangabandu sheikh Mujib is no longer with us, but he left his ideals for us to follow," she told a National Children's Day programme

PM slams profit mongers for price hike in Ramadan

 Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday came down heavily on a section of businesspeople for their unethical act of increasing the prices of essentials commodities during the Ramadan inflicting sufferings on the common people. "Holy Ramadan is coming, we know that during this month some businesspeople try to hike prices of