PM vows to face natural, manmade disasters

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said Bangladesh would reach its desired goals, overcoming all disasters-- natural and manmade. "Bangladesh has attained a position in the world as a disaster-resilient country. We are able to face disasters...we'll have to continue to maintain it," she said.   The Prime Minister made the statement

PM calls for raising farm products to boost exports

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday called for boosting the country's farm products to help diversify the export basket and earn more in foreign exchange. "I think agricultural products can play a vital role in diversifying export basket. We must not be dependent on one or two export items only," she

Hasina leads a complex, roiling nation: Washington Post

The Washington Post, a leading US daily newspaper, has highly lauded Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's strong leadership on the world stage alongside Bangladesh's tremendous progress of women, and achievements in education and poverty reduction has been   The appreciation came in an article published in the widely circulated newspaper on Monday,

Rohingyas must go back to their own country: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said Bangladesh is not in a position to take any more people from Myanmar emphasizing on repatriation of the Rohingyas who took shelter temporarily in Bangladesh to their own country. In an interview with the Bengali service of Voice of America (VoA) aired on Tuesday, she

PM to gift prize money to women footballers

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will gift prize money to all the players of Bangladesh Women Football Team who clinched the title of SAFF Women's Championship. The premier will also gift houses to those players who need abodes as she has already ordered the authorities concerned to collect information about the conditions

PM seeks strong UN role in Rohingya repatriation

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Tuesday reiterated her call to the international community and the United Nations (UN) to play intensified role in solving the Rohingya crisis by repatriating the forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals to their motherland. The premier made this call while UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi paid a

PM orders building house for star goalkeeper Rupna Chakma

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has directed the authorities concerned to build a house for Rupna Chakma, the proud goalkeeper of Bangladesh Women Football Team that clinched the title of SAFF Women Championship 2022, at her Rangamati home town. Hasina, who is now in New York to attend the 77th UNGA session,

Israeli PM meets Turkish president

Israel's prime minister has met with Turkey's president for the first time in 14 years, the latest sign of warming ties between the two regional powers after a long and bitter rift. The office of Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid said he met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday,

Role of monarchy is not open to debate: Trudeau

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau refused on Sunday to reopen the constitutional debate about the role in his country of the British monarchy, whose sovereign is automatically the Canadian head of state. Canada is one of 14 former colonies, which also include Australia and New Zealand, over which the monarch reigns. After

PM calls for negotiated end to Ukraine war

Leader of the Opposition and Head of the Labour Party Sir Keir Starmer on Saturday said 'Bangladesh and the UK are bound by excellent ties and further reinforced by the British-Bangladesh diaspora'. He observed this during his meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her place of residence here. The prime minister