Sheikh Hasina’s 74th birthday today

The most prosperous statesman after the carnage after 1975 and skipper of Bangladesh transformed into a middle-income country is Premier Sheikh Hasina, who turned 74 on Monday.

Sheikh Hasina was born in 1947, a historical year in Tungipara, Gopalganj district, where the Indian subcontinent was divided into India and Pakistan, the oldest daughter of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

In solving different crises in the country, she has become a visionary. The country is making considerable progress, facing challenges, under her cautious and dynamic leadership.

During the global economic downturn caused by the continuing pandemic of coronavirus, the Prime Minister took early steps to save public life and keep the country's economy going.

The Awami League and its associated agencies will celebrate the birthday of Sheik Hasina through multiple health policies, along with similar socio-cultural organizations. through different programs.

They highlight Sheikh Hasina's life and accomplishments through the programs which push the nation towards prosperity in accordance with Bangabandhu's footsteps.

Milad and doa mahfils will pray for their future wellbeing and achievements.

In a small hamlet where she was born, Sheikh Hasina spent most of her childhood. There she began her education. In 1954, when Bangabandhu became a parliamentarian, his family moved into Dhaka.

She was admitted to Sher-e-Bangladesh Girls School and College and then she graduated in 1965 from Azimpur Girls High School. She then went to the Government Girls College in Badrunnessa.
Sheikh Hasina was elected vice president of the Eden Girls College student union during her bachelor course. She subsequently enrolled in the Masters program at Dhaka University Bengali Department.

As a student leader, she participated actively in the 1966 six-point movement and in the 1969 student movement, where General Ayub Khan was abdicated. She married Wazed Miah, a nuclear scientist, in 1967.

Sheikh Hasina and her family were imprisoned at a house in Dhaka during the country's Liberation War. Sajeeb Wazed Joy was born on the 27th of July in 1971. Saima Wazed Hossain Putul, her second child, was born on December 9, 1972.

Sheik Hasina and her family were given political asylum in India after her parents and almost all family members were murdered in 1975, and she lived there until 1981. In that year, in her absence, she was elected chair of the Awami League.

On 17 May 1981 Sheik Hasina was moving home. Thousands of people waiting for Farm Gate and Manik Miah Avenue at the Airport welcomed her.

She was elected to parliament from three constituencies during the 1986 national elections. She was elected Leader of the Opposition in the House after the overthrow of autocracy in 1990.

In 1996 Sheik Hasina led the Awami League 21 years after the assassination of Bangabandhu and helped the party gain power and become prime minister of the country.

In the event of the Awami League Rally in Bangabandhu Avenue in the capital city grenading, Sheik Hasina, the former opposition leader, avoided an attempt at her life on August 21, 2004.

While she survived the attack, the Gory incident killed at least 24 people and wounded over 300 others. Most of them were founders and members of the Awami League.

Sheikh Hasina led the Grand Alliance to an overwhelming victory in 2008, securing 90 percent of the general election seats in parliament. On January 5, 2014, she was elected prime minister for the second time in a row. For the third consecutive time, through a landslide victory in general elections in December 2018, Sheikh Hasina assumed the office of prime minister.

Under her leadership, Bangladesh has become a role model for development, achieving steady economic growth, food self-sufficiency and progress in women's empowerment, agriculture, education , health, infrastructure, connectivity, energy and power, trade and trade, ICT and SME industries.