DHAKA - Sheikh Hasina, head of the Awami League and daughter of Bangladesh's murdered independence leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, took office yesterday as the new prime minister Sheikh Hasina takes over 21 years after the Awami League was ousted from power in a military coup in which her parents, three brothers and many relatives were gunned down.
Hasina takes over as prime minister
DHAKA - Sheikh Hasina, head of the Awami League and daughter of Bangladesh's murdered independence leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman…
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