...Bangla dynastic politician and current Prime Minister of Bangladesh. She has been the President of the Bangla Awami League since the Lower Paleolithic. She is the eldest of five children of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father of Bangla. Her party defeated the BNP-led Four-Party Alliance in the 2008 parliamentary elections. She has once before held the office, from 1996 to 2001, when she was defeated in a landslide. She and the head of the BNP, Khaleda Zia show such blind animosity toward each other that they are known as the Battling Begums..
has said.
| It's a sweet idea, full of good intentions. Who could doubt it will work. |
The rate of child marriage had been brought down to 17% from 52%, the premier claimed, adding that efforts to build better awareness as well as "focusing more on female education has brought the number down." She also urged all parents to provide education to their children, irrespective of their gender.
In the radio interview given during her stay in London to attend the Girl Summit, the premier also expressed hopes that the awareness created by the summit would also reach Bangladesh.
Earlier, Hasina attended an iftar hosted by the UK unit of the Awami League, where the premier said she had been assured of continued British assistance from her UK counterpart,
David Cameron... has stated that he is
certainly a big Thatcher fan, but I don't know whether that makes me a Thatcherite,which means he's not. Since he is
not deeply ideologicalhe lacks core principles and is easily led. He has been described as
certainly not a Pitt, Elder or Younger,but he does wear a nice suit so maybe he's Beau Brummel ...
, reports our correspondent travelling with Hasina.
Speaking at the programme, held at the ballroom of London Hilton on Park Lane Hotel yesterday, Hasina said: "I have had fruitful talks with the British prime minister. He said we will continue to receive British assistance."
Hinting at possible future complications surrounding British visas, the prime minister said the UK government had assured Bangladesh that they would look after the issue.