Sheikh Hasina

Electricity will go to every house: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reiterates her government's commitment to reach electricity to every house saying seventy percent people now have access to electricity and much time would not be needed to reach electricity to every house.
9 April 2015, 14:46 PM

Khaleda returns with failure: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has returned to her residence embracing failure and defeat after staying 92 days in her office aiming to topple the government.
7 April 2015, 14:31 PM

Are we losing Bangladesh?

ON August 21, 2004, 23 Awami League leaders and workers were brutally killed in a premeditated grenade attack in a rally on Bangabandhu Avenue addressed by the then Leader of the Opposition and Awami League, Sheikh Hasina.
6 April 2015, 18:00 PM

HC stays Rizvi’s remand in vandalism case

The High Court stayed for a month, a three-day remand of BNP joint Secretary General Rizvi Ahmed under police custody in a vandalism case.
5 April 2015, 11:50 AM

PM for partisan local govt elections

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said local government elections should be held in partisan manner and the related laws should be amended to do so.
1 April 2015, 12:29 PM

Prof Emajuddin warns EC of dire consequences in failure to hold fair Dhaka, Ctg polls

Pro-BNP academic Prof Emajuddin Ahmed has warned the Election Commission of dire consequences if it fails to hold the upcoming Dhaka and Chittagong city corporation polls in a free and fair manner.
31 March 2015, 13:02 PM

Eliminate terrorism, PM tells law enforcers

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina directs the law enforcement agencies to work with utmost sincerity to eliminate terrorism
28 March 2015, 11:32 AM

Haji Salim likely to quit mayoral race

Haji Mohammad Salim is likely to step aside from mayoral race in the upcoming Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) elections upon advice from the Awami League high command.
25 March 2015, 11:07 AM

7 get Independence Award 2015

Seven eminent personalities of the country receive the Independence Award-2015 in recognition for their outstanding contributions in their respective fields at the national level
25 March 2015, 07:54 AM

Bangladesh gets WIP Award

Bangladesh has won the Women in Parliaments Global Forum (WIP) Award as a pioneering country in reducing gender discrimination
22 March 2015, 10:07 AM

Confiscate land property of those torching land offices: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asks the law enforcement agencies to confiscate all the land property of those to be found guilty of torching land offices across the country
22 March 2015, 08:50 AM

'I've proof that cops picked up Salahuddin,' wife says

Reiterating that BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed was picked up by law enforcers, his wife again seeks prime minister’s intervention to trace him immediately
22 March 2015, 06:45 AM

Dhaka BNP declares programme demanding Salahuddin’s return

Dhaka city unit of BNP will bring out processions at all thanas and wards in the capital on Saturday demanding return of missing BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed
19 March 2015, 12:48 PM

Wife urges PM to help get back Salahuddin

Hasina Ahmed urges Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to take necessary steps for getting back her husband BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed who remains traceless since March 10
17 March 2015, 10:45 AM

No more arson death: Hasina

Voicing her high hope that no more people will be burnt to death in the name of hartal and blockade, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina vows to turn Bangladesh into a nice and peaceful abode for all
17 March 2015, 10:13 AM

President, PM pays homage to Bangabandhu on his birthday

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina pays homage to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the occasion of his 96th birthday and the National Children's Day 2015
17 March 2015, 04:43 AM

No talks with Khaleda, reiterates Hasina

Ruling out again the possibility of any dialogue with Khaleda Zia, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says the best option for BNP chief to surrender to court
14 March 2015, 10:23 AM

5 injured in Dhaka crude bomb blasts

At least five people, including two policemen, were injured in separate crude bomb blasts in Dhaka.
11 March 2015, 15:40 PM

Laxmipur Jubo Dal man succumbs to bullet injuries

A Jubo Dal activist, who sustained bullet injuries during a ‘gunfight’ with police at Char Lawrence Berarganj on Laxmipur-Ramgati road in Kamalnagar upazila on March 2, dies at a hospital in Dhaka.
11 March 2015, 11:30 AM

'Building owners to install CC cameras'

In the wake of some recent petrol bomb charges reportedly from the tops of city buildings, the government has decided to ask the owners of high-rise buildings in the capital to install close-circuit (CC) cameras.
10 March 2015, 12:11 PM