Sheikh Hasina
2.76 lakh govt posts remain vacant: Minister
State Minister for Public Administration Ismat Ara Sadeq announces in parliament that some 2.76 lakh posts have remained vacant with different ministries, divisions and offices of the government.
1 June 2015
Pass rate dips due to hartal, blockade: PM
The passing rate in secondary school certificate and its equivalent examinations would have been higher if there had been no hartal and blockade during the examinations, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says.
30 May 2015
SSC pass rate falls by 4.3pc (result link inside)
A total of 87.04pc students pass SSC, equivalent exams, which is 4.30pc points lower than that of last year.
30 May 2015
Modi’s maiden visit to Dhaka June 6
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will arrive in Dhaka for the first time on a two-day state visit on June 6, official announcements say. Some key instruments, including the much-awaited land boundary deal, are expected to be finalised during the Indian premier’s visit.
26 May 2015
Bangabandhu family to get more security, free utility, foreign treatment
Family members of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman will get lifelong foolproof state security everywhere in the country, including residences and free utility services.
25 May 2015
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
‘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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
‘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
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
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
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