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  Virtual Bangladesh : Biography: Sheikh Hasina
In 1968, Sheikh Hasina was married to an eminent scientist of Bangladesh Mr.
Sheikh Hasina actively participated in the mass upsurge of 1969 and at the time of the Liberation War of 1971, she was imprisoned by Pakistani occupation army along with her husband, mother, sister and brother.
Sheikh Hasina was unanimously elected the president of the Awami League in 1981 while she was still in exile.
www.virtualbangladesh.com /biography/hasina.html   (577 words)

  
 8/26/96 INT/SETTLING AN OLD SCORE
Hasina, who lived for two decades in the house where her family was slaughtered, carefully maintaining the bloodstains and bullet holes in the walls, wants those men back.
Hasina said in a recent interview, "The nation wants the killers to be punished," and public opinion is overwhelmingly in her favor.
Hasina can't prosecute them for murder unless she changes the constitution, and her Awami League doesn't have the necessary strength in Parliament.
www.time.com /time/international/1996/960826/bangladesh.html   (530 words)

  
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On Aug. 21, Sheikh Hasina was injured when an explosion killed 20 persons and injured 300 as she addressed 25,000 of her Awami League supporters at an opposition rally in downtown Dhaka.
Sheikh Hasina was reportedly being treated this week by medical specialists in Singapore for concussion and bleeding in the ears caused by the explosions.
Sheikh Hasina's father, Mujib-ur Rahman, who led Bangladesh to independence in 1971 and became its first prime minister, was named "father of the nation" in the country's 1972 constitution.
www.blogger.com /email-post.g?blogID=8573446&postID=109698670763449531   (1791 words)

  
 Contact Golam Akbar Chowdhury   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
On this day, Sheikh Hasina, the eldest daughter of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, returned to her motherland from Delhi as the newly elected Chairperson of the Awami League.
I told him that the circumstances of that moment necessitated unanimous election of Sheikh Hasina to the party president's post disregarding her political inexperience but emphasising her special status as the daughter of Bangabandhu and as the symbol of party unity.
What could be more delightful to the common men of Bangladesh than Sheikh Hasina's return to Dhaka with the dignity and honour she deserved for her being the daughter of the nation's greatest martyr Bangabandhu.
www.bangladesh.net /gac/gachasina.html   (3798 words)

  
 From Bangladesh’s perspective, 2004 was a classic Annus Horribilis! by A.H. Jaffor Ullah
When Sheikh Hasina just finished her lecture, grenades were being lobbed at her and party leaders; over two dozens people lay dead on the street because of this heinous attack.
Still worse, when Hasina was taking refuge in her bulletproof car, the assailants pumped bullets in the presence of hundreds of policemen who became silent spectators at the scene.
Hasina Wazed’s son, Sajib “Joy” Wazed returned home with his American wife (probably his greatest achievement thus far) to reclaim his rightful place in Bangladesh politics.
www.mukto-mona.com /new_site/mukto-mona/Articles/jaffor/perspective_2004_BD.htm   (2113 words)

  
 Webbangladesh.com Headline News from Bangladesh   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Sheikh Hasina was also entitled to six-member staff, free medical treatment in the country and abroad, a fleet of cars and telephone, etc. etc.
A Bill seeking to withdraw special state security for former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her sister Sheikh Rehana was introduced in parliament on Wednesday.Law and Justice Minister Barriester Moudud Ahmed introduced the Father of the Nation Family-members Security (Repeal) Bill, 2001 for consideration of the House.
If Sheikh Hasina goes abroad even on a provate visit, she will have to be provided with SSF security with eight officers and a doctor and if she stays abroad for one month, more than Tk.
www.webbangladesh.com /Bdnews/bdnews-headline.htm   (2239 words)

  
 4/8/96 INT/KHALEDA STEPS BACK   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The prime victor in the struggle that climaxed last weekend is Sheik Hasina Wazed, Khaleda's bitter political rival.
Hasina's father, Prime Minister Sheik Mujibur Rahman, was assassinated in office in 1975.
Revelations such as this propelled many onto Hasina's antigovernment bandwagon, which has been rolling since she and her party huffed out of the legislature in 1994.
www.time.com /time/international/1996/960408/bangladesh.html   (991 words)

  
 Bangladesh
During 1987 the AL, led by Sheika Hasina Wazed (the daughter of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman), and the BNP, led by Begum Khaleda Zia (the widow of Maj-Gen Zia ur-Rahman), stepped up their campaign against the Ershad government, demanding the president’s resignation and free elections.
At the general election in June, the AL, led by Sheika Hasina Wazed, the daughter of Mujibur Rahman, emerged victorious and formed a government.
Prime Minister Sheika Hasina blamed the blast on her political rivals, accusing them of trying to disrupt democracy and halt Bangladesh’s progress towards development.
www.x-stream.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0020315.html   (1858 words)

  
 2/26/95 INT/BANGLADESH: CLASH OF THE BEGUMS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Hasina told her supporters to boycott the ballot and made it clear that anyone who did vote might run into violence.
Hasina is the daughter of the country's first Prime Minister, Sheik Mujibur Rahman, who was assassinated in office in 1975.
Since then Hasina has led her followers in strikes that have paralyzed Dhaka and other cities for at least 110 days over the past two years.
www.time.com /time/international/1996/960226/bangladesh.html   (740 words)

  
 Hasina Wazed, Sheikh --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Following two years of political tumult, Sheikh Hasina Wazed, president of the Awami League, was elected prime minister of Bangladesh on June 12, 1996.
Hasina was born on Sept. 28, 1947, in the village of Tungipara.
More results on "Hasina Wazed, Sheikh" when you join.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9112976   (562 words)

  
 The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 208   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina's son Sajib Wazed Joy and his American wife Christine were accorded a rousing reception in Dhaka yesterday with speculations running high about his debut in Bangladesh politics.
Sheikh Hasina kissed her daughter-in-law Christine and decorated her with gold bungles while Dr Wazed Mia embraced Joy with affection.
Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina's son Sajib Wazed Joy and his American wife Christine, showered with flower petals, wave to the crowd lining along the Airport Road on his return from the US yesterday.
www.thedailystar.net /2004/12/23/d4122301088.htm   (535 words)

  
 Joy comes home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
A rousing reception was accorded to Sajeeb Wazed Joy and her American spouse Christina as they flew in from Washington via London.
Sheikh Hasina and her husband Wazed Mia greeted their son and daughter-in-law by hugging and kissing at the airport lounge.
Recalling the birth of her only son during the war of liberation in 1971, she said Joy was born in a political family at a very difficult time of the Bengali nation.
www.dhakacourier.net /issue22/REPORT/doc1.html   (375 words)

  
 .:: THE BANGLADESH OBSERVER - Net Edition ::.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
It appears the basic purpose of his article is to criticize PM Begum Khaleda Zia and praise leader of the opposition Sheikh Hasina Wazed.
It is complicated by Sheikh Hasina Wazed through the faulty CHT accord.
He should have advised Sheikh Hasina Wazed to retire from poli­tics (at the age of 57) as per her earlier commitment and to stop calling hartals as per her earlier promise.
www.bangladeshobserveronline.com /new/2005/06/23/ltte.htm   (1414 words)

  
 Politics news   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Filippov said that as the youngest opposition leader in the country’s history Sheikh Hasina led a vigorous anti-autocracy campaign for establishing democracy and rule of law in her country.
In 1990 the military regime was forced to step down in the face of mass movement led by Sheikh Hasina, the citation said and added that Sheikh Hasina was elected in the general election of 1996 held under a neutral caretaker administration system and became prime minister of Bangladesh.
It added that Sheikh Hasina resolved the over two decade-old problem of tribal insurgency in the southeastern part of Bangladesh by signing the Peace Treaty with inhabitants of the Chittagong Hill Tracts, who were waging insurgency operations in the region since the birth of Bangladesh.
independent-bangladesh.com /news/jun/28/28062005pl.htm   (2586 words)

  
 Bangladesh - Begum Khaleda Zia - BNP - Worldpress.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Begum Khaleda Zia, Chairwoman of the Bangladesh National Party (BNP), swept to power with a massive electoral landslide on Oct. 1, beating out her longtime rival, Sheikh Hasina Wazed, the president of the Awami League and the first Bangladeshi leader to serve a full five-year term as prime minister.
Sheikh Hasina herself rejected the verdict and boycotted Zia’s swearing-in ceremony, despite insistence by international monitors that the elections had been free and fair.
Zia, the widow of an assassinated military dictator, and Sheikh Hasina, daughter of the nation’s first elected leader, Sheik Mujibur Rahman, have long jockeyed with each other for power in Bangladesh.
www.worldpress.org /print_article.cfm?article_id=156&dont=yes   (429 words)

  
 Bangladesh. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
New elections held in June, 1996, resulted in a victory for the opposition Awami League, led by Hasina Wazed, daughter of Bangladesh’s first prime minister.
As she struggled with the country’s ongoing economic problems, a series of opposition-led strikes, beginning in 1998, once again paralyzed the country.
Deadly attacks on rallies in Aug., 2004, and Jan., 2005, provoked a series of nationwide and local strikes and protests by the League, which accused the government of trying to assassinate Hasina Wazed.
www.bartleby.com /65/ba/Banglade.html   (1755 words)

  
 Welcome to Bangladesh Awami League - Most of name-only parties skip EC talks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Today was the 34th birth anniversary of Sajeeb Wazed Joy, son of Awami League President Sheikh Hasina, the grandson of Father of the National Bongobondhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
It is the 34th birth day of Sajeeb Wazed Joy, the only son of the President of Awami League and Leader of the Opposition in Parliament Sheikh Hasina.
In Dhaka, Bongobondhu's wife Begum Fazilatunnesa Mujib, two daughters Sheikh Hasina and Sheikh Rehana, Sheikh Hasina's husband Dr. MA Wazed Miah and Bongobondhu's youngest son Sheikh Russel were under arrest at a Dhanmondi house by the then Pak Army.
www.albd.org /news/2005/07/27/27_2_1.htm   (575 words)

  
 .:: THE BANGLADESH OBSERVER - Net Edition ::.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Leader of the opposition Awami League, daughter of the fa­ther of the nation, holder of about a dozen of doctorates and ex-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed is repeatedly asking Begum Khaleda Zia, the present Prime Minister of Bangladesh, to resign immediately and call a mid-term general election.
But our point is that during the regime of Sheikh Hasina Wazed the condition of the country was no better than now.
But Sheikh Hasina Wazed did not call an early election even after promising to do the same during her stay in holy Medina.
www.bangladeshobserveronline.com /new/2003/10/22/ltte.htm   (1048 words)

  
 Hasina enjoying the perks without discharging obligations
Sheikh Hasina Wazed enjoys all the perks and privileges as the country's opposition leader while at the same time she is not discharging her parliamentary obligations.
Sk Hasina means to speed up the agitation slowly and finally upgrade the anti-government movement to total non-cooperation through hartal and other means.
Sk Hasina, whose megalomania is public knowledge, still has a language which is as strident, denunciatory and gross as it always has been.
nation.ittefaq.com /artman/exec/view.cgi/4/1844/printer   (474 words)

  
 Bangladesh Liberation War 1971   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Hasina Wazed, the Prime Minister half-heartedly asked that question to Mr.
Pakistani government should know that Bangladesh Genocide is a touchy issue with all the Bengalis and it is going to stay that way in the foreseeable future till Pakistan offers an apology on behalf of his rogue military.
Hasina Wazed should come to her senses knowing that Pakistan is not a major trading partner of Bangladesh.
www.geocities.com /Athens/Styx/7297/files/pakwarcrim.htm   (2257 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Hasina Wazed Joy has been spreading insult on Bangladesh abroad using all the Indian propoganda.
He should know that his mother Hasina Wazed Joy has been spreading insult on Bangladesh abroad using all the Indian propoganda.
REF :Hasina’s Hajj and Nizami’s Iftaar party and the High level Hypocrisy!-Fabrication goes on.
www.bangladesh-web.com /news/view.php?hidDate=2005-03-24&hidType=OPT&hidRecord=0000000000000000038777   (284 words)

  
 Women assume power in Asia
When Sheik Hasina Wazed took over as prime minister of Bangladesh, she succeeded another woman, Khaleda Zia.
- Sheik Hasina Wazed, Prime Minister of Bangladesh: Her father President Sheik Mujibur Rahman, her mother and three brothers were murdered during a 1975 military coup.
Abroad at the time, Sheik Hasina Wazed returned home in 1981 to take over her father’s party and won a 1996 election.
www.gluckman.com /SistersPower.html   (961 words)

  
 world   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
However, while Sheikh Hasin'a personal victory cannot be marginalised in these times of great unrest in Bangladesh, it is the manner of the punishment which raises some questions about propriety.
It is obvious that the Hasina Government is playing to the gallery as far as Tasleema Nasreen is concerned; it is also equally obvious that the Government knows exactly where she is. Which brings us to a fundamental query: is the Hasina Government supportive of Nasreen or not?
If it is, which we are not sure of, then it is time that she is rehabiliated beside her ailing mother; if it is not, then the government should come public on that.
www.ganashakti.com /old/1998/981116/world.htm   (493 words)

  
 Editorial  The Telegraph - Weekly (Nepal)
The special class of the media, which has emerged of late, appears to be willingly tease the women folks suggesting the latter that they should not think any thing beyond the jobs related with the households.
In doing so the arrogant media forgets that Golda Meir, Indira Gandhi, Benazir Bhutto, Khaleda Zia, Sheikh Hasina Wazed, Sirimao Bandaranaike, and Groham Brundtland were some of the brilliant women leaders who in their own right not only successfully steered their respective countries but also enhanced the image of their countries in the international forums.
Instances are in large numbers wherein one could find that women leaders have performed miracles which could not have been so successfully accomplished by their male counterparts.
www.nepalnews.com /contents/englishweekly/telegraph/2004/may/may12/editorial.htm   (638 words)

  
 SAN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Hasina Wazed, the leader of Awami League survived the attack but many of her party men and women including one female leader died in the bloody carnage.
The assassins doggedly pursued to kill Hasina Wazed as they pumped bullets into her car.
According to the Judge, the intelligence department of a neighboring nation had perpetrated the attack on Hasina Wazed and her party workers in collaboration with the local hoodlums to create enough anarchy to topple the government.
www.vinnomot.com /AZD/JafforUllah.htm   (1152 words)

  
 Search Results for hasina - Encyclopædia Britannica
Hasina Wazed, Sheikh Britannica Book of the Year 1997
A republic and member of the Commonwealth, Bangladesh is situated in the northeastern part of the Indian subcontinent, on the Bay of Bengal.
In a stunning upset in the parliamentary elections held on Oct. 1, 2001, the four-party opposition alliance headed by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) won a two-thirds majority, taking 214 of...
www.britannica.com /search?query=hasina   (294 words)

  
 [Janak] [act] sacw dispatch #1 (29 Oct.99)
The alliance between Hasina and Ershad made it that much easier to form a government that enjoyed a comfortable majority in the parliament.
Firstly, Hasina Wazed had befriended the General who was number one in Khaleda Zia's list of enemies -- an outcome of the principle that deems the enemy's enemy to be one's natural friend.
Secondly, Hasina Wazed made it clear by her action that she deems gratitude to be a dispensable virtue in the realm of politics.
www.insaf.net /pipermail/janak_insaf.net/1999/000172.html   (3748 words)

  
 ISN Security Watch - Opposition leader killed in Bangladesh blast   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The Thursday incident was the second deadly attack aimed at the AL in less than a year.
Last August, grenade attacks on AL president and former prime minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed’s rally in Dhaka left more than 20 dead and hundreds injured.
Speaking to local media late last night, Hasina reportedly held the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led coalition responsible the attacks.
www.isn.ethz.ch /news/sw/details_print.cfm?id=10672   (579 words)

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