Sheikh Hasina

New Delhi, Nov 19 : Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been selected to receive the Indira Gandhi Prize, 2009 for Peace, Disarmament and Development for her outstanding contributions to the promotion of democracy and pluralism.

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Mr Rahman was the father of current Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Five ex-army officers in Bangladesh have lost an appeal against their convictions for the murder of the country's first president in 1975. The men, who had been convicted...

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New Delhi, Nov 19 : Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is the recipient of the prestigious Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2009 for her contribution to the promotion of democracy and pluralism. An...

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...given indemnity by subsequent military rulers, and were only put on trial when Rahman's daughter, Sheikh Hasina, became prime minister in 1996. Hasina and her younger sister, Rehana, survived the coup because they were touring Europe at the...

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Dhaka, Nov 18: "All I want is justice," Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said Wednesday as the nation, with security at key establishments beefed up, awaited the verdict in the trial of the killers of the country's founding father...

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Dhaka, Nov 14 : The foreign secretaries of Bangladesh and India met here Saturday to prepare for Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's three-day visit to New Delhi next month. Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao, who arrived here on a two-day...

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Dhaka, Nov 13 : Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will be in New Delhi Dec 19 for bilateral talks that may include India receiving transit facilities to reach its northeastern region. Foreign Minister Dipu Moni indicated the date...

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