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The New Nation (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
UNB, Dhaka Bangladesh has been de-listed from the US watch list as the American government is now happy with the situation of human rights, minority communities, and women's safety and empowerment in the country. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was apprised of the US government's stand when Bangladesh Ambassador to the United States Akramul Qader paid a courtesy call on the Prime Minister at her office...
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The New Nation (Free subscription) | yesterday
Staff Reporter The government yesterday approved the Public Servants (Amendment) Bill 2009 allowing extension of service age of freedom fighters by two years from 57 to 59. The decision in this regard came at a regular weekly cabinet meeting at Bangladesh Secretariat. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina presided over the meeting. Ministers, State Ministers and Advisers to the Prime Minister, among others,...
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The New Nation (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Staff Reporter Home Minister Sahara Khatun yesterday reassured that the government is alert so that none can attack Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. She made the remarks to newsmen responding to a report published in Indian daily Ananda Bazar over Sheikh Hasina's security. Sahara who chaired an inter-ministerial meeting on law and order said law-enforcing agencies, people and Awami League workers are...
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Sify (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Bangladesh is to begin Tuesday the trial of over 3,500 border guards who staged a mutiny in February killing 74 people. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has promised to fast-track the process.
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The New Nation (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Agencies, Dhaka Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina requested opposition leader Khaleda Zia to lead her deputies back to parliament as the two rival political leaders exchanged pleasantries at Senakunja get-together on Saturday night on the occasion of Armed Forces Day. "How are you?" the Prime Minister smilingly asked her political archrival. Speaker Advocate Abdul Hamid looked on as the two main...
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The New Nation (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
bdnews24.com, Dhaka Foreign Minister Dipu Moni has said Bangladesh cannot hand over a draft agreement on sharing Teesta waters with India unless a Joint Rivers Commission meeting takes place. A senior Foreign Ministry official said that the meeting of the Joint Rivers Commission must itself follow technical talks between water experts of both sides. Bangladesh has proposed holding the technical meeting...
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Daily Khabor @ Khabor.Com (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
REWARD FOR WHAT ????? ????????????????????????? On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 8:01 AM, Isha Khan wrote: India honours Sheikh Hasina with Indira Peace Prize Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina [ Images ] has been chosen for the prestigious Indira Gandhi [ Images ] Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development this year for her "outstanding contribution to the promotion of democracy and pluralism"....
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The New Nation (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Agencies, Dhaka Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday expressed gratitude to the Almighty as the apex court upheld the death penalties of the assassins of her father and country's founder Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. "On her return home from Rome yesterday morning (after attending an international food summit), she went to her official residence Jamuna first and recited from the holy...
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Sify (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina wept and was "overwhelmed with emotion" as the nation's highest court squashed an appeal by her father's convicted killers, her spokesman said Thursday.
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The New Nation (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
UNB, Rome Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina unequivocally said she wants justice in the long-pending Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman murder case as the final judgment is being delivered today by the Supreme Court. "I just want justice. I don't want to say anything more now," she said while addressing a mass reception accorded to her by the Italy unit of the ruling Awami League at Oriental Hall...
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The New Nation (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
UNB, Rome Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged the global leadership to create an equitable food-governance system both at national and international levels to make food available and accessible to the down-and-outs, as over a billion people go hungry across the world. "Only production of food alone cannot guarantee food security. Available food must be accessible, particularly to the marginalized...
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The New Nation (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
Rafiqul Islam Azad The BNP has selected Paltan Maidan as the venue of inaugural gathering of its much-awaited national council. The business sessions will be held at Bangabandhu Friendship Convocation Centre at Sher-e-Banglanagar, party sources said. Top leaders of all political parties, including Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, will be invited to attend the inaugural session...
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The New Nation (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
UNB, Dhaka Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will go to New Delhi on December 18 for an important tour when three agreements between Bangladesh and India will be signed, including one on transfer of sentenced persons. The two other agreements going to be struck are: agreement on mutual legal assistance on criminal matters and agreement on combating international terrorism, organized crimes and illicit drug...
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The New Nation (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Staff Reporter Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday called upon her partymen to remain alert about any subversive activities prior to and after the Supreme Court verdict in the Bangabandhu murder case on November 19. She also instructed the rank and file of the party to monitor the country's prevailing political situation during the period, AL joint secretary Mahbubul...
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The New Nation (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
BSS, Dhaka Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina leaves here today for the Italian capital Rome on a four-day official visit to attend the World Summit on Food Security-2009. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) will organise the three-day summit beginning November 16 at a time when the world is facing food crisis due to the climate change and global economic recession. The Prime Minister, who will lead...
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