Sheikh Hasina

Hasina keen on Teesta pact: Tripura govt

The Tripura government says that the Bangladesh government is keen to see the resolution of Teesta river water-sharing issue with India.
2 January 2016

Include war history in English textbooks

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday stressed the importance of including the Liberation War history in English medium textbooks.
31 December 2015

Teen held for posting PM's doctored photo on Facebook

Local Awami League activists hand over a teenage boy to police in Rajshahi for posting derogatory comments and a doctored photo involving Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
26 December 2015

Govt to provide health cards to poor

The government signs a deal with an insurance company to provide health cards to poor people under a pilot project.
20 December 2015

PM cautions against BDR mutiny like incident

Prime Minster Sheikh Hasina asks BGB personnel to remain alert so that incident like the 2009 BDR mutiny does not recur in the future.
20 December 2015

Women must create their own fate: PM

Emphasising that women must create their own fate and personal destiny, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said women can do all outside works maintaining decency as the religion Islam gives them that liberty.
9 December 2015

‘Govt not solely to blame for impeding Press freedom’

Freedom of the press is not only impeded by the government but by different players including individuals and agencies, said Prime Minister’s International Affairs Adviser Gowher Rizvi today.
5 December 2015

AL leader’s slit-throat body found in Dhaka

Police recoveres the slit-throat body of an Awami League leader from West Sanarpar in Dhaka’s Demra area.
5 December 2015

Hasina among 100 leading global thinkers

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been named as one of the world's top 100 global thinkers by Foreign Policy, a Washington-based prestigious magazine of global politics, economics and ideas.
2 December 2015

Hasina to select AL-backed mayoral aspirants

Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina will select the party-backed mayoral candidates for the upcoming elections to 234 municipalities.
28 November 2015

ALCWC meeting tomorrow

An emergency meeting of Awami League Central Working Committee (ALCWC) and Awami League Parliamentary Board (ALPB) will be held tomorrow.
25 November 2015

PM for completing war trials to get rid of stigma

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina tells the parliament that the people of Bangladesh will not overcome the stigma if the ongoing trials against war criminals are not completed.
23 November 2015

President, PM pay homage to armed forces’ martyrs

President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina pay homage to members of Bangladesh Armed Forces, who made supreme sacrifices in the Liberation War in 1971, on the occasion of the Armed Forces Day.
21 November 2015

Decision over ban on Jamaat likely by March: Hanif

Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif hopes that the decision over banning Jamaat-e-Islami will be finalised by March next year.
19 November 2015

PM cancels Malta, France tours

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has cancelled her Malta and France tours considering the overall situation both at home and in Europe.
19 November 2015

Govt blocks Facebook, WhatsApp, Viber

The government has ordered blocking popular social networking platform Facebook and online messaging and calling services WhatsApp and Viber this morning.
18 November 2015

Remain alert against those out on killing mission: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urges all to remain alert against the anti-liberation forces who are now out on a killing mission to undermine Bangladesh globally.
13 November 2015

Conspirators won’t be allowed to make country a terrorist state: PM

Renewing her allegation that Khaleda Zia wants to tarnish Bangladesh’s image by killing foreigners, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says people will not allow conspirators to make the country a terrorist state.
12 November 2015

No bar to arrest Tangail-3 MP Rana

The Supreme Court clears way for police to arrest Awami League lawmaker of Tangail-3, Amanur Rahman Khan Rana and his brother Shahidur Rahman Khan in the Faruk Ahmed murder case.
12 November 2015

WhatsApp, Viber to be blocked, when needed: PM

PM Hasina tells the Jatiya Sangsad that WhatsApp and Viber will be blocked, when needed, to nab people who are carrying out criminal activities in the country using the apps.
11 November 2015