Interview

Interview
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina talks to BBC journalist Laura Kunessberg during an interview that was aired on 18 September 2022

Free, fair polls held only during AL govt, PM Hasina tells BBC

About her personal memory with Queen Elizabeth II, Sheikh Hasina said it was 1961 when she (Queen) visited then East Pakistan and she had the opportunity to see her (for the first time in person)

Akbar Ali Khan (1944-2022)

Unpublished interview of Akbar Ali Khan 'Young leadership can change the country, the aging can do nothing'

In a conversation with Prothom Alo less than a month before his death, writer and thinker Ali Akbar Khan said young power may arise then. A rapid change may take place. And if nothing else, at least ...

Full transcript of Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina’s interview with ANI

Full transcript of Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina’s interview with ANI

In the candid discussion, Hasina called India a “tested friend” and lavished praise on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for rescuing Bangladeshi students stuck in Ukraine and also providing vaccines to ...

Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina speaking to ANI's Editor Smita Prakash in an interview ahead of her visit to India, in Dhaka on 4 September, 2022

Joy joining politics is up to him and the people: PM to ANI

In an interview with ANI, the PM opened up on what she thought about her son Wazed joining active politics

Prime minister Shaikh Hasina talks to ANI during an interview

Problem regarding Teesta deal is in your country: PM Hasina to ANI

In a free-wheeling television interaction with ANI, prime minister Hasina, who is set to visit India on Monday, also lavished praise on the Modi government’s gesture of providing Covid-19 vaccines to ...

GM Quader

Election rigging won’t be easy this time: GM Quader

JaPa chairman GM Quader believes the symptom that made Sri Lanka bankrupt have already been evident in Bangladesh. Like Sri Lanka, the liaison of three communities- politicians, business people and ...

MA Sattar Mandal

Interview: MA Sattar Mandal 'Farmers must be spared from increased diesel costs'

Climate change-tolerant seeds, salinity-tolerant seeds, drought-tolerant seeds, and flood-tolerant seeds must be developed

Debapriya Bhattacharya

Interview: Debapriya Bhattacharya 'A transitional consensus plan needed for the economy'

Speaking in an interview with Prothom Alo, economist Debapriya Bhattacharya says, those who had been basking in economic development so long, are alarmed at the sound of IMF. They had been denying ...

Dr Mahbubullah

Interview: Mahbubullah ‘Initiative for political consensus must come from the prime minister’

Economist Dr Mahbubullah, in an interview with Prothom Alo, says The election system in Bangladesh has broken down, it has never been in such a bad state before

Wahiduddin Mahmud

Interview: Wahiduddin Mahmud ‘We will have to bear hardship for next couple of years’

In an interview with Prothom Alo, economist and former caretaker government advisor for finance, Wahiduddin Mahmud speaks about various aspects of the ongoing economic crisis, how it came about and ...

Finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal speaks in parliament

Kamal warns developing nations of Chinese loans strapped with debt-trap

Kamal also cautioned Beijing on following a more robust process for evaluating its loans and noted that these kinds of bad loans add strains on indebted emerging markets

Mustafa Osman Turan

Interview: Ambassador of Turkey Turkish entrepreneurs show increased interest in Bangladesh

Mustafa Osman Turan, ambassador of Turkey in Bangladesh, in an interview with Prothom Alo's diplomatic correspondent Raheed Ejaz talks on various aspects of bilateral interest between the two ...

M Shamsul Alam

Interview: M Shamsul Alam 'The energy crisis has been created by filling the pockets of a select few'

The government has entered a business model that spells doom to the people, said Professor M Shamsul Alam, speaking to Prothom Alo in a recent interview

Anu Muhammad

Interview: Anu Muhammad ‘Energy decisions in Bangladesh depend on the clout of the lobbyists’

The government can move away from import-based, loan-based activities and give importance to national energy security and energy sovereignty, moving towards extraction of local gas and renewable ...

'This tragic incident should not be repeated'

Interview: Japanese ambassador Ito Naoki 'This tragic incident should not be repeated'

In an interview Prothom Alo, Japanese ambassador Ito Naoki pays respects to the Japanese nationals killed six years ago in the militant attack on Holey Artisan Bakery. Speaking about close ...

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