...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 asked BNP Chairperson
Three-term PM of Bangla, widow of deceased dictator Ziaur Rahman, head of the Bangla Nationalist Party, an apparent magnet for corruption ...
not to anguish the people of the country.
She also warned the opposition of taking stern action for attacking the minority Hindus after the elections.
"As she [Khaleda] has failed to stop the polls through violent activities, she will not be able to do anything," said Hasina while addressing a meeting of the Awami League-led 14-party alliance at Ganabhaban.
"Failing to resist the polls, the BNP-Jamaat has started to attack the minorities at different places across the country and setting their houses on fire. They have to stop these, otherwise stern action will be taken against them," she said.
The premier said the joint forces had been working to arrest the miscreants responsible for the attacks. She said it was the responsibility of the government to save lives and property of the countrymen.
Hasina expressed satisfaction over the voter turnout on Sunday's polls -- around 40%. "There are very few countries in the world which see such turnout in the polls," she said thanking the people for casting their votes.
Criticising the opposition, Hasina said the BNP-Jamaat had wanted to destroy democracy by creating constitutional crisis, but the people of the country thwarted their wishes.
At the same time, the premier said the door for dialogue to reach a consensus over the next polls. "Severe ties with Jamaat and discussions will be held," she said.