Sheikh Hasina

PM for punishing those going abroad illegally

Against backdrop of moving Bangladeshi people to abroad illegally, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina puts emphasis on bringing them to book for tarnishing country's image.
24 May 2015, 08:17 AM

‘JMB wants to wage jihad in India’

Accused in Burdwan blasts tells interrogators that JMB had plans to target West Bengal, Assam.
21 May 2015, 06:15 AM

Govt mulls accommodating transgenders in service sector

The government is considering bringing Hijras or transgender community into society by offering them different service oriented jobs including the police service.
20 May 2015, 11:21 AM

Democracy in Bangladesh on solid ground: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that democracy in Bangladesh now stands on a solid foundation having been practiced for the last two decades.
19 May 2015, 14:21 PM

Salahuddin’s wife flies to India

Hasina Ahmed leaves Dhaka for the Indian state of Meghalaya to visit her husband BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed at a Shillong hospital.
17 May 2015, 13:45 PM

Tk 97000cr ADP okayed for FY 16

The government approves Tk 97, 000 crore for Annual Development Programme for the upcoming fiscal year.
14 May 2015, 05:46 AM

Opinion: Salauddin becomes another forgotten case?

It seems we do not care that a man just disappeared into the blues amidst allegation that the law enforcing agency was behind the Houdini act. He seems to have gone down the annals of disappearance of the likes of Ilias Ali, Chowdhury Alam and labour leader Aminul Islam.
10 May 2015, 08:08 AM

PM lays foundation stone of Rabindra University

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina lays the foundation stone of Rabindra University, an institution named after Nobel Laureate Biswakobi Rabindranath Tagore, marking the great poet's 154th birth anniversary.
8 May 2015, 06:32 AM

PM describes land bill passage as milestone in Bangladesh-India ties

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says a milestone will be created in the friendly relations between Bangladesh and Indian with the passage of Land Boundary Agreement bill in Indian parliament.
7 May 2015, 15:47 PM

Sculptor Novera passes away

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday expresses deep shock at the death of eminent sculptor Novera Ahmed, the first modern sculptor of Bangladesh. Novera died at a hospital in Paris, PM's Press Secretary AKM Shameem Chowdhuri said.
6 May 2015, 18:37 PM

Rajya Sabha passes LBA

Rajya Sabha passes constitution amendment bill on Land Boundary Agreement with Bangladesh to settle decades-old boundary disputes with India.
6 May 2015, 06:02 AM

‘UN chief told Hasina to find political way forward’

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called to find a political way forward between all the parties in Bangladesh during his conversation with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday.
5 May 2015, 12:44 PM

Cabinet okays Rooppur nuke power plant draft

The cabinet approved the draft of a law to construct the much-awaited nuclear power plant at Rooppur in Iswardi upazila of Pabna.
4 May 2015, 07:59 AM

Hasina 'dispels' Ban's worry

Irregularities in last week's city corporation polls and BNP's decision to boycott the election halfway into the voting featured
2 May 2015, 18:00 PM

PM wants UN chief to advise BNP to return to democratic politics

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expresses her hope that UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will suggest BNP to return to the democratic politics shunning the path of terrorist and militant activities.
1 May 2015, 18:04 PM

AL to accept election results, says PM

Casting her vote in the city corporation election, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said Awami League will accept the election result whatever it is.
28 April 2015, 03:37 AM

Teesta water sharing: Experts for UN intervention

Bangladesh government should appeal to UN to solve Teesta river water sharing issue since there has been no progress in signing the deal bilaterally, water and environmental experts say.
18 April 2015, 08:08 AM

All war trial verdicts to be executed: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina vows to execute the remaining war crimes trial verdicts saying Bangladesh war criminals committed much more heinous crimes than Iraq’s Saddam Hussein.
15 April 2015, 11:07 AM

PM wishes peaceful life for people in New Year

Greeting all on the occasion of Pahela Baishakh, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina hopes that there will be no reoccurrence of burning people to death in the future in the name of movement and people will live a peaceful life.
14 April 2015, 09:20 AM

PM inaugurates Mawna Flyover

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the much-awaited 450-metre Mawna flyover on Dhaka Mymensingh highway through unveiling its plaque.
11 April 2015, 13:31 PM