Information Minister’s debt doubled in 5 years: Affidavit reveals rising debt of Chattogram-7 constituency MP Hasan Mahmood

The income of Information Minister’s wife Nooran Fatema has also declined. In 2018, his total income was Tk 2,478,225 which is now Tk 1,157,333. According to the affidavit, Nooran Fatema’s sources of income are – house rent (Tk 210,000), business (Tk 274,000) and shares and savings certificates (Tk 152,000). He has earned Tk 421,333 from […]

No conspiracy can thwart the next elections: Hasan Mahmood

Hassan said Bangabandhu’s daughter, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has established 560 mosques, 120,000 mosque-based maktabs and each teacher in those maktabs is getting Tk 5,200 as allowance. He said, he has recognized the Qaami Madrasa and established the Islamic Arabic University. Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haq, Awami League Presidium member Shazhan Khan, Bangladesh […]

Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmood criticized the BNP’s reluctance to appreciate the government’s pension plan.

Giving example, he said that if a person deposits Rs 1000 per month, the government will also provide the same amount under the programme. He said that some civil society members who did not appreciate the initiative may come forward in future with what is wrong with the scheme. They do nothing but criticize. The […]

Climate change biggest threat to sustainable development: Hasan Mahmood

Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmood said Bangladesh will continue to work through international and regional cooperation to tackle various environmental challenges, including climate change and biodiversity loss, by using innovative green technology and renewable energy. “Climate change has emerged as the single biggest threat to sustainable development. Extreme temperatures, erratic rainfall, floods and droughts, […]

Film society will contribute in taking the country to the desired destination: Information Minister

Hassan, joint general secretary of the ruling Awami League, said the film industry began its journey in Bangladesh in 1957 at the hands of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman with the establishment of the Film Development Corporation in Dhaka. With time, under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, daughter of Bangabandhu, the film of the […]