Sheikh Hasina
Before looking at others, let’s first look in the mirror
If it has taken 54 years for a nation to descend into decay, how can we expect it to be transformed in just one year? If the people of Bangladesh truly wish to become free from corruption, honest, educated, just, and creative, can that really happen within a single year? The truth is—one cannot extinguish the fire of 54 years of corruption in a single year and expect good outcomes.
'Inevitable reasons' for news shutdown and journalist's dismissal
Just four days before World Press Freedom Day on May 3rd, on April 29th, what happened at three television channels in Bangladesh raised serious questions not only about the statements of the interim government's Chief Adviser Dr. Muhammad Yunus and the former Information and Broadcasting Adviser Nahid Islam but also about journalists' freedom to ask questions, their authority, and the boundaries of that freedom.
Women politically sidelined since August 5
Before the anti-discrimination movement, there was the anti-quota movement. We, the female students of Dhaka University, used to march in protests. Initially, boys also participated, but due to pressure from the student wing of the ruling party in male dormitories, their numbers gradually decreased. However, since female dormitories did not face the same pressure, we could bring out large processions. Students from institutions like Badrunnesa College, Eden College, and Dhaka Nursing College joined in significant numbers. This spontaneous and substantial participation of women played a crucial role in the movement. We believed that if enough women participated, the ruling student wing would not dare to attack us.
Why Tulip Siddiq’s resignation matters to Bangladeshis more than the British
Tulip Siddiq, a minister from the UK’s ruling Labour Party, resigned from her position as the Economic Secretary to the Treasury and City Minister after being implicated in an investigation regarding the alleged embezzlement of £3.9 billion from Bangladesh's infrastructure projects. The accusation is that her family was involved in the misappropriation of these funds. Following the involvement of her name in a corruption investigation in Bangladesh, pressure had been mounting for her resignation. Recently, she, along with her mother, brother, sister, and aunt, has been accused in a corruption case in Bangladesh. However, Tulip Siddiq has consistently denied the allegations.
Bangladesh is under authoritarian rule from the beginning
Bangladesh is under authoritarian rule from the beginning
Form Special Prosecution to take action against those involved
Form Special Prosecution to take action against those involved
We are working to make every person economically solvent: PM
Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina has said her government has been implementing multi-dimentional programmes to make each of the countrymen economically solvent.
None can isolate me from people: PM
Prime Minister and Leader of the House Sheikh Hasina today told the parliament that none can isolate her from the people as they have confidence and trust that she has been working for their welfare.
No other country has reduced extreme poverty so quickly: PM
She said this at the swearing-in ceremony of the newly elected mayors of Cumilla and Mymensingh City Corporation, councilors of Mymensingh City Corporation and elected chairmen of Kurigram, Thakurgaon, Sirajganj, Brahmanbaria and Habiganj Zilla Parishads at the Prime Minister's Office on Thursday morning (April 4).
Development of Southern region: PM seeks Chinese cooperation
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has sought Chinese cooperation for Bangladesh's southern region's development as its Ambassador here Yao WEN called on her at her official residence Ganabhaban.
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