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Sheikh Hasina

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  • Born 28 September 1947
  • Age 77
  • Birth Place Tungipara, East Bengal Dominion Of Pakistan
  • Profession Politician, Writer
  • Political Party Awami League
  • In Office 10th Prime Minister Of Bangladesh 6 January 2009 - 5 August 2024, 8th Leader Of The House 6 January 2009 - 5 August 2024, Member Of Parliament 12 June 1996 - 6 August 2024, 2nd Leader Of The Opposition 10 October 2001 - 29 October 2006
  • Residence Sudha Sadan (demolished)

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Sheikh Hasina BIOGRAPHY

Last Updated : 09 Feb 2025
As of August 5, 2024, Sheikh Hasina, the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, fled the country amid escalating political tensions and civil unrest. Sheikh Hasina, born on September 28, 1947, in Tungipara, has been a central figure in Bangladeshi politics for decades. She is the daughter of Sheikh Mujibur R...

Sheikh Hasina PERSONAL LIFE

Father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Mother Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib
Spouse M. A. Wazed Miah ​ ​(1968; died 2009), ​
Children Sajeeb, Saima
Education Eden Mohila College, University of Dhaka

POSITIONS HELD BY Sheikh Hasina

Position Tenure
president 1981 - Present
Member of the Parliament of Bangladesh 10 July 1986 - 6 December 1987
Leader of the Opposition 10 July 1986 - 6 December 1987
Member of the Parliament of Bangladesh 5 March 1991 - 24 November 1995
Leader of the Opposition 5 March 1991 - 24 November 1995
Member of the Parliament of Bangladesh 14 July 1996 - 13 July 2001
Leader of the House 14 July 1996 - 13 July 2001
Prime Minister of Bangladesh 23 June 1996 - 15 July 2001
Member of the Parliament of Bangladesh 28 October 2001 - 27 October 2006
Leader of the Opposition 28 October 2001 - 27 October 2006
Member of the Parliament of Bangladesh 25 January 2009 - 24 January 2014
Leader of the House 25 January 2009 - 24 January 2014
Prime Minister of Bangladesh 6 January 2009 - 5 August 2024
Member of the Parliament of Bangladesh 29 January 2014 - 28 January 2019
Leader of the House 29 January 2014 - 28 January 2019
Member of the Parliament of Bangladesh 30 January 2019 - Present
Leader of the House 30 January 2019 - Present
Member of the Parliament of Bangladesh N/A

SHEIKH HASINA NEWS

Bangladesh's Sheikh Hasina warns of mass voter boycott as her party barred from election

October 29, 2025 9:08 pm

Hasina, 78, said she would not return to Bangladesh under any government formed after elections that exclude her party, and plans to remain in India, where she fled in August 2024 following a deadly student-led uprising.

The difference between Indira Gandhi and Sheikh Hasina: One said sorry and rose from the ashes

October 29, 2025 3:15 pm

History teaches that those who know when to bow may rise again, and those who refuse are swept away by the very people who elected them in the first place. Indira Gandhi’s eventual redemption stemmed not from her power but from her humility

Bangladesh prosecution seeks death penalty for deposed PM Sheikh Hasina over protest killings

October 16, 2025 10:05 pm

Hasina, 78, faces multiple cases in Bangladesh after being ousted in August last year following the mass student-led agitation in the country.

Bangladesh: Arrest warrants issued against ousted PM Hasina in enforced disappearance cases

October 08, 2025 7:41 pm

A three-member International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) bench, led by Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mozumder, took cognisance of the charges filed in two separate cases, according to media reports.

BSF gets MHA nod for border talks in Dhaka

August 23, 2025 3:36 am

This will be the first Dhaka visit by an Indian delegation after the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government last year.

One year after Sheikh Hasina's exit, where is Bangladesh today?

August 06, 2025 6:53 am

Today, Bangladesh is gripped by a politics far removed from the aspirations that fuelled her ouster

Politics in Bangladesh: One year after Sheikh Hasina’s ouster, it is all agenda and no vision

August 05, 2025 7:43 pm

For Bangladesh, it has been a year of “rule by committees”, including the “reform” commissions which were delegated with the task of formalising the textual aspects of the revolution

Sheikh Hasina denounces Yunus' 'unelected regime' in Bangladesh: A timeline of events that led to her ouster a year ago

August 05, 2025 2:53 pm

Hasina's latest remarks came as her trial began at Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) in Dhaka for alleged crimes against humanity.

Ram Madhav writes: Bangladesh, a year later

August 02, 2025 12:43 am

Ahead of elections next year, political space in the country is open for fresh players

Luxury homes, shadow deals: Report reveals how prominent figures during Hasina regime invested in UK

July 19, 2025 8:58 pm

Several former ministers, politically connected business families, and their associates are now under scrutiny for laundering hundreds of crores of taka through property acquisitions in Britain.

SHEIKH HASINA PHOTOS

In Photos | The rise and fall of Sheikh Hasina

August 05, 2024 9:17 pm

Despite being at the helm of power for so long, Hasina’s opponents have constantly accused her of growing increasingly autocratic and called her a threat to the country’s democracy.

Bangladesh protests escalate: Government imposes curfew, death toll passes 100

July 20, 2024 12:47 am

Police and security forces in Dhaka are using bullets and tear gas to scatter protesters.

Bangladesh shuts universities as protests over job quota turn violent

July 18, 2024 6:34 pm

Bangladesh grapples with widespread protests and violence over the government's quota system for jobs, leading to the indefinite shutdown of all universities and at least six deaths.

In India for Modi's swearing-in event, Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina meets Gandhi family

June 10, 2024 8:55 pm

PM Hasina, on a three-day visit to India for attending the swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, met Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, in New Delhi on Monday.

Modi, Biden hold bilateral talks on G20 sidelines to deepen India-US ties

September 08, 2023 10:58 pm

"I look forward to productive discussions with world leaders over the next two days," the Prime Minister has earlier posted on social media platform X, formerly Twitter.

Narendra Modi in Bangladesh: Glimpses of PM's visit

March 27, 2021 5:25 pm

Narendra Modi in Bangladesh: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has embarked on a two-day visit to Bangladesh, his first foreign diplomatic visit since the Covid-19 pandemic broke out in India last year.

Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina, Mamata Banerjee meet on sidelines of Pink-ball Test in Kolkata

November 22, 2019 10:26 pm

Hasina and Banerjee share a very cordial relation and have mutual respect for each other, sources at the Bangladesh Prime Minister’s Office said.

Pink-ball cricket carnival kicks off at Eden Gardens

November 22, 2019 4:15 pm

BCCI President Sourav Ganguly hosted dignitaries and former Indian cricketers to witness historic India vs Bangladesh pink-ball Test at Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Narendra Modi begins Bangladesh Tour, launches bus services between two countries

June 07, 2015 8:23 pm

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today began his historic two-day visit to Bangladesh.

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