PM asks DCs to exercise austerity

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Tuesday directed the deputy commissioners (DCs) to make all-out efforts for increasing food production, to exercise austerity in using electricity and public funds, avoid less-important projects to face the current situation as well as to be devoted to building a 'Smart Bangladesh' by 2041. The premier

PM urges WB to raise support to pandemic, war hit nations

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday urged the World Bank and other international organisations to boost their support for the countries hit by the Covid-19, the Russia-Ukraine war and climate changes.The premier made this call when World Bank Managing Director for Operations Axel van Trotsenburg paid a courtesy call on

Work of Dhaka’s first underground rail set to begin: PM inaugurate construction Jan 26

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the construction work of the country's first underground metro rail on January 26.MAN Siddique, managing director of Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL), said they have completed the preparations for the inauguration of the country's first underground metro line, MRT Line-1. The PM will inaugurate

Raise own funds for development: PM urges public varsities

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday called upon the public universities to raise their own funds through the alumni associations for their own development and welfare programmes."Every university has an alumni association and through this they can create their own funds for the development of universities and the implementation of

AL never thinks of return for serving people: PM

Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said AL never considers what it gets in return of working for the people. "...Rather we consider what we can do for their welfare," she said while inaugurating the newly-constructed Bashkhali Upazila Awami League office in Chattogram.She inaugurated the AL

Govt to build Tk 5651cr elevated road in Kishoreganj

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) on Tuesday approved a Tk 5,651.13-crore project for the construction of an elevated road from Mithamoin upazila sadar to Karimganj upazila in Kishoreganj district, aiming to ensuring smooth and uninterrupted road communication in the haor region.The approval came from an Ecnec

N’ganj AL exchange views with Bashundhara chairman

Leaders of Narayanganj district and Rupganj upazila units of Awami League held a view-exchange meeting with Bashundhara Group Chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan on the visit of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to Rupganj. MP from Narayanganj-4 constituency AKM Shamim Osman, Rongdhanu Group Chairman Alhaz Rafiqul Islam, Rupganj upazila AL General Secretary Alhaz

Teach children about true Islam: PM urges Islamic scholars

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday called upon the country's Islamic scholars to teach the people, especially the children, true humanitarian values to keep them away from terrorism, militancy and drug addiction. "These vices are destroying families and the society as well," she said while virtually inaugurating 50 more model

Premier Bank donates at PM’s fund

The Premier Bank Limited has donated Tk 4 crore to Prime Ministers Fund for providing housing facilities to the homeless, a press release said Sunday. Freedom Fighter, Dr. H.B.M Iqbal, chairman of the Board of Directors of the bank, handed over the cheque to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the