Bangladesh

The Executive Committee of National Economic Council (Ecnec) on Sunday approved a Tk 4323-crore ‘Resilient Infrastructure for Adaptation and Vulnerability Reduction Project (RIVER)’ in a bid to reduce flood risk in the riparian and flash flood-prone community and enhance disaster preparedness. Seven other development projects also got approval in the Ecnec meeting presided over by Ecnec chair and Prime Minister ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday reiterated that the Election Commission is totally independent to conduct the country’s next general election. She said this when visiting British Minister of State (Indo-Pacific) of Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) Anne-Marie Trevelyan paid a courtesy call on her at Ganabhaban here on Sunday morning. During the meeting, they discussed different issues including ...

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will not take part in election held under the Awami League government, a party delegation said to EU diplomats on Sunday during a meeting. The meeting was held at a house in Gulshan-2 in the capital. After the meeting, BNP standing committee member Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury said, “We made it clearly that we would not ...

  Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday called upon the global businessmen and investors to invest in Bangladesh to transform the country into a developed, prosperous and smart one by 2041. “You people (world business community) come. Bangladesh is always ready to welcome you here — invest in Bangladesh thinking it as your country,” she said while inaugurating a three-day ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday inaugurated 73 newly completed development works and laid foundation stones of 30 others in Mymensingh. The 73 development works have been implemented under 23 projects at a cost of Tk 570 crore, while 30 other development works will be implemented under 14 projects at the cost of Tk 2,762 crore. The premier unveiled the ...

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen on Saturday urged all the political parties in the country to join the next general election saying that it would be held in a free, fair, transparent and credible manner. “We believe the upcoming election will be held in a free, fair, transparent and credible manner …we invite all the opposition political parties to join ...

BNP and like-minded opposition parties will hold rallies in all cities on March 18 (Saturday) to press home their 10-point demand. The announcement came from the party’s human-chain programme at Nayapaltan office in the capital on Saturday (March 11). BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir made the announcement. He said, “The government has destroyed all the democratic institutions of ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday called upon the global businessmen and investors to invest in Bangladesh to join hands in making smooth journey of transforming Bangladesh into a developed, prosperous and Smart Bangladesh by 2041. “You people (world business community) come. Bangladesh is always ready to welcome you here—invest in Bangladesh thinking it as your country,” she said while ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday inaugurated the “Bangladesh Business Summit 2023” to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of the country’s apex business body FBCCI. She opened the three-day summit as the chief guest at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) in the capital organised by the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI), reports BSS. The Ministry of ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday offered land for increased investment from Saudi Arabia in the country’s Special Economic Zone (SEZ). She also invited Saudi Arabia to set up an oil refinery in Bangladesh where all kinds of oil including crude can be refined. The premier made the offers when a nine-member delegation led by visiting Saudi Minister of Commerce ...