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	Awami League - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The Awami [people's] League, with cofounder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as its leader from 1953, called in 1966 for a federation of East and West Pakistan, an arrangement that would have given much greater autonomy to East Pakistan.
		The league's candidates won a majority in the 1970 elections, but the central government in West Pakistan banned the league after war between East and West Pakistan erupted in early 1971.
		In 1981 and again in 1991 the league was defeated in a popular election by the Bangladesh National party (BNP), but the league won the 1996 parliamentary elections, and party leader Hasina Wazed, the daughter of Mujibur Rahman, became prime minister.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-awamilea.html (357 words)

	Bangladesh Awami League - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Bangladesh Awami League (বাংলাদেশ আওয়ামী লীগ Bangladesh Aoami Lig) or the Bangladesh People's League is the mainstream center-left political party in Bangladesh, and the political catalyst for Bengali discontent and rebellion in 1971.
		The "All Pakistan Awami Muslim League" was formed as a breakaway faction of the "All Pakistan Muslim League" in 1949.
		In 1954, along with its allies, the Awami League won Pakistan's national election; and Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy became the fifth Prime Minister of Pakistan while Sheikh Mujibur Rahman became a cabinet minister.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Awami_League (1781 words)

	BANGLAPEDIA: Rahman, (Bangabandhu) Sheikh Mujibur (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		1949), general secretary of the awami league (1953-1966), president of the Awami League (1966-1974), president of Bangladesh (in absentia from 26 March 1971 to 11 January 1972), prime minister of Bangladesh (1972-24 January1975), president of Bangladesh (25 January 1975-15 August 1975).
		Born on 17 March 1920 in the village Tungipara under the gopalganj Sub-division (currently district) in the district of Faridpur, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's father, Sheikh Lutfar Rahman, was a serestadar in the civil court of Gopalganj.
		He had the mettle to revive the Awami League in spite of the fact that his political guru, HS Suhrawardy, was in favour of keeping political parties defunct and work under the political amalgam called National Democratic Front.
	www.banglapedia.org /HT/R_0022.HTM (1407 words)

	Bangladesh - Awami League (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The Awami League, which was consistently split during the Zia regime, underwent further turmoil in the aftermath of Ershad's March 1982 coup before achieving a new level of unity.
		The Awami League traces its descent from the party of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, and in the late 1980s it continued to advocate many of the socialist policies of the early 1970s.
		The Awami League has been the most outspoken of the opposition parties against the role of the military in government, and in the late 1980s it was doubtful whether military leaders would allow it to achieve a large degree of political influence without a direct military response.
	countrystudies.us /bangladesh/97.htm (342 words)

	Who Are Behind These Grenade Attacks By Imtiaz Ahmed
		It was followed by a bomb blast in a rally of Sylhet Awami League where the Mayor of Sylhet and local Awami League leader narrowly escaped the attack.
		Awami League was largely absent in the relief activities.
		Since, Awami League is largely seen as a pro-Indian party, these groups might have seen it as a threat to their existence.
	www.sonarbangladesh.com /Awami_Rally_Attack.htm (1856 words)

	Contact Golam Akbar Chowdhury (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Awami League, which provided leadership in the War of Independence is still the principal regulating power in the politics of Bangladesh.
		The glorious stairs of Awami League politics have been built as a result of rare leadership qualities of Bangabandhu, the father of the nation, and dedication, labour and self-sacrifice of countless leaders and workers.
		Awami League almost reached a point of disintegration for its failure to reach any consensus in electing the President of the Party in its Biennial Council session to be held in Hotel Eden campus on 14-15 February, 1981.
	www.bangladesh.net /gac/mediacomment.html (4098 words)

	BANGLAPEDIA: Awami League (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		In a desperate bid to prevail upon the situation, a state of emergency was declared (1974), and the bangladesh krishak sramik awami league (BAKSAL) was formed in January 1975 by replacing multi-party parliamentary democracy with a one-national party led presidential government under the fourth amendment to the constitution.
		The Awami League government was in power for a full five-year term and in the elections held on 1 October 2001, Awami League was defeated by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party led four-party alliance.
		The preceding Awami League government headed by Sheikh Hasina was marked by several events, including the signing of the ganges water sharing treaty (1996) with India, the chittagong hill tracts peace accord (1997) and initiatives towards empowerment of women with the provision for their direct election to the union parishad and other local bodies.
	www.banglapedia.org /HT/A_0371.HTM (1378 words)

	Bangladesh
		The Awami League as well as the BNP government limited freedom of assembly, particularly for political opponents, and both the Awami League and the BNP governments on occasion limited freedom of movement.
		The Awami League Government stated that it held no political prisoners, but the BNP and human rights monitors claim that many opposition activists were arrested and convicted under criminal charges as a pretext for their political activities.
		On January 15, several activists reportedly from the student wing of the Awami League attacked, ransacked, and looted the Baufal residence of the correspondent of the Dhaka-based Bangla-language daily Ittefaq.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2001/sa/8224.htm (19740 words)

	TDS; Passports, Visas, Travel Documents
		After the Awami League won all the East Pakistan seats of the Pakistan national assembly in 1970-71 elections, West Pakistan opened talks with the East on constitutional questions about the division of power between the central government and the provinces, as well as the formation of a national government headed by the Awami League.
		Sheikh Hasina and the Awami League continue to call for new elections and boycott Parliament, alleging the Khaleda Zia government is using the police and security forces to persecute members of the opposition.
		The Awami League deputies walked out of the house in June 2003 to protest what Awami League leaders said were derogatory remarks about Hasina by a State Minister of the government and the partisan role of the Speaker.
	www.traveldocs.com /bd/history.htm (3091 words)

	Welcome to Bangladesh Awami league (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Awami league is one of those political parties in the world under whose leadership struggles were led and won, tearing apart the chains of domination and servitude.
		Awami League represents the mainstream of the progressive, non-communal, democratic and nationalist politics of Bangladesh.
		Therefore, as a political party, Awami League can claim to have attained success in the overall development of the political history of the country, particularly in the process of building a nation-state for the Bangalee people.
	www.albd.org /aldoc/50years.htm (390 words)

	The return of Khaleda Zia
		The alliance inflicted a crushing defeat on the Awami League, which has the distinction of having led the war for the liberation of Bangladesh (erstwhile East Pakistan) from Pakistan and having sustained the country's secular character.
		Awami League president and former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina rejected the results, saying that they were "crudely manipulated".
		There is a possibility of the Awami League candidates who won not taking the oath, thus forcing the incoming government to order fresh elections to the 62 seats won by the party.
	www.frontlineonnet.com /fl1821/18210530.htm (1035 words)

	Taj
		Awami League virtually took over the governance of east Bangla and Tajuddin as the chief administrator, designated by of Sheikh Mujib, efficiently ran all the public sectors of East Bangla.
		However, whilst the Awami League was always willing, preparatory to going to the Assembly, to explain its constitutional position and to discuss alternative proposals from other parties, it is believed that the spirit of true democracy demanded that the constitution be debated and finalized in the National Assembly rather tan in secret sessions.
		The Awami league in its sitting of 24th March had accepted the amendments with certain minor changes of language and there was nothing to prevent the holding of a final drafting session between the advisors of the President and Mujib when the interim constitution would be finalized.
	www.muktadhara.net /Page24.html (4964 words)

	Political Violence
		The port city of Chittagong, whose powerful mayor is an influential Awami League leader, suffered widespread destruction at the hands of opposition protesters; on February 28, 1996, marauding crowds rampaged through the city ransacking offices, gutting buildings and damaging vehicles in protest at the mayor's arrest under the SPA earlier that day.
		The by-election had strategic significance for both the Awami League and the BNP as it came on the heels of the BNP's stunning loss to the Awami League of the two key mayoralties of Dhaka and Chittagong in local elections.
		Two of the Awami League demonstrators were killed: Abul Kasim, a Sramik [Volunteer] League member in his early twenties was shot in the chest and died on the spot; George Mian, a Jubo League member aged about nineteen was shot in the back and died just after admittance to the local hospital.
	www.hrw.org /reports/1996/BANGLA.htm (14120 words)

	The Epoch Times \| Opposition-Sponsored Strike Shuts Down Bangladesh
		The Awami League called the strike after a senior leader and four other people were killed by a grenade attack at a party rally.
		The Awami League called the nationwide strike after its former finance minister, Shah A.M.S. Kibria, was killed on Thursday in a grenade attack on a party rally.
		Activists from the Awami League shout anti-government slogans as riot policemen keep vigil during a three-day long nationwide general strike in Dhaka.
	www.theepochtimes.com /news/5-1-29/26114.html (375 words)

	Shaikh Hasina Takes Over From Khalida Zia in Successful Bangladesh Election
		This time the Awami League won 147 seats in a House of 300 and, with the cooperation of the Jatiya Party (31 seats) and the Jamaat-e-Islami (3 seats), Shaikh Hasina has been able to achieve a majority and has become the prime minister of Bangladesh.
		The Awami League of 1996, however, is a very different party than it was in 1975.
		With 147 Awami League seats in a House of 300 and an added 30 nominated women’s seats, Shaikh Hasina can use the 31 seats of the Jatiya Party to form a coalition government, but she is not totally dependent on the JP for political survival.
	www.washington-report.org /backissues/0896/9608044.htm (1384 words)

	Awami League threatens to boycott elections -DAWN - International; November 23, 2005
		DHAKA, Nov 22: The Awami League-led opposition alliance on Tuesday said it would not take part in the next polls, due early next year, if the opposition’s demands for changes in the composition and powers of the non-party caretaker government were not met.
		Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina unveiled a two-month agitation programme.
		The chiefs of smaller parties in the Awami League-led combine said they had formed an ‘alliance of pro-liberation forces’ to oust a ‘corrupt, communal, militant and incompetent government’, vowing to continue their movement until the formation of a ‘national government’.
	www.dawn.com /2005/11/23/int5.htm (426 words)

	.:: THE BANGLADESH OBSERVER - Net Edition ::. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		She was the founding Organising Secretary of Mohila Awami League established by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1969.
		After the amendment of the AL manifesto by the party council in 2002, she resigned from the post of Mohila Awami League and was elected Women Affairs Secretary of the party’s central committee.
		Awami League Women’s Affairs Secretary, Ivy was injured critically in Saturday’s grenade attack on the AL rally at Bangabandhu Avenue, which party chief Sheikh Hasina escaped narrowly.
	www.bangladeshobserveronline.com /new/2004/08/25/front.htm (3714 words)

	h3p14
		The remnant of feudalism, absentee landlords, the upper middle class of the rural areas was identified as the enemies of the rural proletariat class in that document.
		The economic policies of the Awami League government were formulated to ensure such kind of exploitations the document claimed.
		The party termed Awami League government to be a puppet regime in the hands of India.
	www.majordalim.com /h3p14.htm (4321 words)

	BBC News \| South Asia \| Awami League's golden jubilee
		The Awami League led the liberation struggle in Bangladesh and formed the first government.
		Sheikh Hasina took charge of the Awami League in 1981, when the party was falling apart.
		The Awami League won a majority in parliament in 1996, after it changed its socialist economic policies to capitalist and market-friendly ones.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/south_asia/376404.stm (362 words)

	The Hindu : Awami League plans fresh agitation
		The Bangladesh Opposition leader and president of the Awami League, Sheikh Hasina, has demanded holding of immediate national elections and threatened to step up her party's anti-Government agitation.
		More than 400 Awami activists have been jailed, party sources claimed, stating that nearly 300 middle level leaders and workers had been detained in Dhaka alone.
		Awami League leaders at a meeting, with Ms Hasina in the chair, held a lengthy discussion on their strategy for the agitation.
	www.hindu.com /2004/02/22/stories/2004022204771900.htm (316 words)

	.:: THE BANGLADESH OBSERVER - Net Edition ::. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		A demonstration rally led by local Awami League President Solaiman Haque Joarder paraded the main roads of the town on August 21 chanting anti-government slogans.
		The Awami League leaders condemned the country-wide string of bomb blast on August 17.
		The Awami League leaders said they are vowed to save nation from the terrorism and blamed the government for its failure to save the life and property of the people across the country.
	www.bangladeshobserveronline.com /new/2005/08/24/district.htm (3038 words)

	Bangladesh Elections (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Awami League (AL) established a reign of terror in the country.
		The failure of Awami League Government is that they utterly failed to bring the culprits to justice with strong hand.
		Awami League is a party of miscreants and goondas.
	www.rationalistinternational.net /article/ar_28112001.htm (4174 words)

	rediff.com: BNP welcomes October 1 polls, Awami League cries foul
		The October 1 polls have been welcomed by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party but arch rivals Awami League, which wanted elections to be held earlier, is unhappy with the decision.
		The Awami League, which had demanded that polls be held in the middle of September, was upset.
		The Awami League also questioned the caretaker government's neutrality, particularly in the wake of reports of a rise in political violence across the country since it came to power in July.
	www.rediff.com /news/2001/aug/20bang.htm (328 words)

	Sheikh Mujib-ur-Rahman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		After the death of Suhrawardy, Mujib-ur-Rahman revived the Awami League as a political party in January 1965.
		Awami League returned with a clear majority in East Pakistan, winning 160 out of the total of 300 seats in the National Assembly.
		Differences arose between the Government and the Awami League on transfer of power on the basis of the Six-Points Program.
	www.storyofpakistan.com /person.asp?perid=P035 (583 words)

	BBC NEWS \| South Asia \| Bangladesh opposition leader killed
		The Indian news agency PTI reported supporters of the Awami League rioted, damaging vehicles and shops and setting fire to a passenger bus in the Gulistan area in the city centre.
		Awami League officials say Mr Haq had come to the area to attend a rally organised to protest against the killing of Manzurul Imam, a prominent Awami League leader killed in the south-western Khulna city on Monday.
		The Awami League chief, Sheikh Hasina, blamed the government for the death of Mr Imam.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/south_asia/3185741.stm (324 words)

	Bhashani
		Bhasani was frustrated by the closed-door policy of the Muslim League in Pakistan, however, and eventually, it was under his leadership that the East Pakistan Awami Muslim League [EPAML] was born at Dacca, on June 23, 1949" (M. Rashiduzzaman, "The Role of Awami League in the Political Development of Pakistan," Asian Survey, July, 1970).
		In 1951, the Awami League public meeting scheduled to be addressed by H.S. Suhrawardy could not be held as the government imposed Section 144 in certain parts of the city.
		The Awami League and its chief leader Bhasani became the ardent champions of full-blown autonomy for East Bangla in the early years of Pakistan.
	www.muktadhara.net /page27.html (4121 words)

	Pic
		Mujib had stayed with Shurwardi and in 1970, he had emerged as the leader of the Awami League.
		This left Mujib's Awami League as the only viable party in the elections from East Pakistan.
		Students' Union (Communist) and Students' League (Awami League) were the main student bodies.
	www.geocities.com /glorybangla/bn01.htm (680 words)

	History & Culture
		The Awami league and K.S.P. sent their nominees – a new element in the national politics.
		1958 The Awami League coalition government is defeated in the East Pakistan Assembly..
		1970 Awami League of East Pakistan gains control of the National Assembly in Pakistan’s first direct general election by winning 167 of 313 seats...........
	www.dhaka-bd.com /categories/History_Culture.htm (884 words)

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