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| | Prime minister of Bangladesh to speak at Brown (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | Sheikh Hasina, the 10th prime minister of Bangladesh, was sworn in June 23, 1996, 21 years after her party - the Awami League - was ousted by a military coup. |
 | | Born Sept. 28, 1947, at the Tungipara village in northern Bangladesh (formerly East Pakistan), Sheikh Hasina graduated from Dhaka University in 1973. |
 | | She gained her early political experience as an assistant to her father, who led Bangladesh to independence in 1971 and is called the founding father of the country. |
| www.brown.edu /Administration/George_Street_Journal/Sheikh.html (547 words) |
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