Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
PM flies to Italy Tuesday on 4-day bilateral visit
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will leave Dhaka for Rome on Tuesday on a four-day bilateral visit to hold talks with her Italian counterpart Giuseppe Conte.
Dhaka City Election: US, British envoys visit polling stations, decline comment
US Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl R Miller and British High Commissioner Robert Chatterton Dickson visited several polling centres in the city on Saturday morning but did not interact with media.
Dhaka City Elections: PM to cast vote at Dhaka City College
Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina will cast her vote in Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) polls at Dhaka City College centre Saturday morning.
Diplomats should apply their sense of responsibility: FM
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Thursday expressed displeasure against foreign diplomats for what he said interference in Bangladesh’s domestic affairs saying they should follow the code of conduct and apply their sense of responsibility.
Be employers, not employees: PM to youths
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday urged the youth to develop a mindset of being self-employed and employers instead of desperately looking for jobs.
Book Fair 2020 to host highest number of publications
The annual Amar Ekushey book fair on the Bangla Academy premises and the adjacent areas will commence in a grand way hosting the highest number publications.
Saraswati Puja being celebrated
Saraswati Puja, one of the main religious festivals of the Hindu community, is being celebrated across Bangladesh on Thursday amid much enthusiasm, festivity and religious fervour.
Govt working to ensure urban facilities in villages, PM tells WB VP
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said her government is working out all of its activities in a planned way to ensure economic development in rural areas to provide all urban facilities there.
“All our development activities are village-centric ones. We’ve taken numerous programmes to provide urban facilities in rural areas,” she said when World Bank Vice-president for the South Asia Region Hartwig Schafer met her at her Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban office.
PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim briefed reporters after the meeting.
Bangladesh a global model for poverty reduction: WB
Reiterating its commitment to help the country sustain its high economic growth, World Bank Vice President for South Asia Hartwig Schafer on Wednesday termed Bangladesh a ‘model for poverty reduction globally’.
Wearing headscarves not banned at Motijheel Ideal School & College: PM
Mentioning that wearing headscarves by girl students at Motijheel Ideal School and College not banned, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said her government is always aware about taking legal steps against any activity that hurts the religious sentiment.