Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
PM mourns death of Allama Shafi
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of Amir of Hifazat-e-Islam and a noted Islamic thinker Allama Shah Ahmad Shafi.
Raya gets to facetime with PM
Last Thursday was possibly the greatest day of her young life for special needs child Mamija Rahman Raya, as her biggest wish was surprisingly fulfilled.
Ex-Maldives president Nasheed starts work as CVF Ambassador
Former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed has started working as the Thematic Ambassador of Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) for Ambition.
Health Ministry did well in dealing with pandemic: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said the Ministry of Health showed its enough efficiency in checking the Covid-19 pandemic in the country by properly taking necessary measures in time.
“I think the Health
Turkish President likely to attend finale event of "Mujib Barsho" in March
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit Bangladesh as soon as COVID-19 pandemic is over either to attend on finale event of "Mujib Borsho" on March 17 or D-8 Summit.
Previous discussions with Delhi on onion undermined: Dhaka
Bangladesh has shared its "deep concern" with India at the sudden ban on onion exports saying it undermines the discussions that took place in October last year and January this year.
Erdogan lauds Hasina for providing shelter to Rohingyas
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday highly appreciated Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for providing shelter to persecuted Rohingya people in Cox's Bazar district noting that Turkey will stay beside Bangladesh on Rohingya issue.
PM greets her new Japanese counterpart
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has congratulated the newly-elected Prime Minister of Japan, Yoshihide Suga.
Bangladesh economy relatively in good shape: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said Bangladesh’s economy is more or less in a good shape now although the COVID-19 pandemic has dealt a severe blow to it as elsewhere in the world.
"We’ve announced our budget…don’t know how long we can do it (for implementing the budget), but we’ve to take our preparations. If things go well, we’ll be able to achieve the full. If it’s not, then we’ll see…we won’t step back. We placed our budget to keep our economy moving," she said.
The Prime Minister said this while addressing a meeting of Awami League presidium members at her official residence Gabobhaban.
She said Bangladeshi expatriates are facing some difficulties due to the COVID-19 and some of them have to return home.
Sheikh Hasina said many feared that the remittance will experience a setback in this pandemic, but it showed the opposite trend.
"Our remittance inflow has increased. It’s now USD 39.4 billion. We’re giving two percent special incentive for sending remittance….and our foreign currency reserve is now in a good shape as well," she said.
In the budget, Hasina said, the government fixed its deficit at 6 percent. In the last few years, the budget deficit was fixed at five percent. "We would have made it 10 percent had it needed. But it didn’t require..."
Age limit in govt jobs likely to be eased for pandemic: Ministry
Considering the coronavirus pandemic, the government is likely to ease age limit for recruiting freshers into government services.