Ex-PM Returns to Bangladesh for Election

ZHANG:
Bangladesh's former prime minister has returned to the country she once led, just in time for the elections. Despite the fact that she was arrested and faces corruption charges, she will still campaign for the prime minister's seat.


STORY:
Former prime minister Sheik Hasina appears to be warmly greeted as she arrives at Dhaka airport - the first time home since she sought medical treatment in the U.S.

It is a somewhat bitter-sweet return, as Hasink faces five corruption cases that saw her detained last year, when an army-backed interim government took control. After spending a year in jail she was granted bail to seek medical treatment abroad.

Elite force troops and hundreds of armed police waited at the airport for her and held back thousands of her supporters, who rushed to enter the airport. Hasina does not seem deterred by the security presence, however, and vows to once again campaign for the prime minister's seat.

She will head home to Dhaka's Dhanmondi area, where she will hold talks with party leaders about how to kick off her election campaign.

The interim government is loosening control to allow political parties to hold gatherings and rallies ahead of the upcoming December 18 election.

Her Swami League party is asking the government to provide maximum security for her. In 2004 she survived a grenade attack at a Dhaka rally, but partially lost her hearing. The attack killed 23 and wounded over 150 people.

Hasina served as prime minister for five years until 2001, when she lost to her arch rival Begum Khaleda Zia of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.

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[farid1948]

@LaraAries

not HASINA--BUT THE OTHER LADY IS REPUTED--FOR HER ACTIVITIES IN 1971--IN DHAKA CANTONMENT.--WE KNOW THE NAME OF JANJUA--HER HUSBAND ZIA DECLINED TO ACCEPT HER--

[rush269330]

Of course she was charged with corruption by a more neutral government that exposed the truth on her. She went to jail cuz she's corrupt! She should still be in jail. Release the August 22 falsly accused Police Officers! They were just doing their job. Just because you didn't like what the truth was doens't mean you have to harm innocent people and their families!

[haluakhan]

i hate bnp and tareq zia..............but they have had so much power in the past only b cos their opposition has been awamileague . awami govt. is extremely corrupted. their medical sector is full of terrorists now.

[tradeyaa]

She's back to screw the country. AL bitch and her family have destroyed the country. Just like the BNP Bitch and her family.

How can the country progress with incompetent illiterate bitches like these and their evil corrupt spawn.

[LaraAries]

Hasina is nothing but a fuckin whore and bitch, a kuthi maagi.......but the people of bangladesh are way too stupid and illiterate to realize that, idiots are voting for a fucken whore who got out of prison....

[RajakarNizamiSyedi]

the cases levied against SK hasina were all FAKE and vindicated. They were intentionally by our care taker governmentwho himself is a supporter of AL Qaeda and Jamaat e islami .