Constitution of Bangladesh
Bangladeshs military-backed emergency Government exile opposition leader Sheikh Hasina Wajed as it steps up a massive purge of the crisis-wracked countrys political hierarchy
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Sheikh Hasina Wajed Biography and Timeline
Follow Sheikh Hasina Wajed through 15 dated historical records for Bangladesh.
Sheikh Hasina Wajed, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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2007
Exile of Sheikh Hasina Wajed
Bangladeshs military-backed emergency Government exile opposition leader Sheikh Hasina Wajed as it steps up a massive purge of the crisis-wracked countrys political hierarchy
Arrest of Sheikh Hasina
Bangladesh issues an arrest warrant for opposition leader Sheikh Hasina Wajed as a plane arrives to take her arch rival, the countrys last Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, into exile in Saudi Arabia
Exile of Sheikh Hasina Wajed
Bangladesh issues an arrest warrant for opposition leader Sheikh Hasina Wajed as a plane arrives to take her arch rival, the countrys last Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, into exile in Saudi Arabia
Exile of Sheikh Hasina Wajed
Bangladeshs emergency Government backtracks on plans to exile two feuding former Prime Minister's but appears to threaten the women with corruption charges if they stay in the country
Exile of Sheikh Hasina Wajed
Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed is greeted by tens of thousands of supporters as she returns to Bangladesh after the military-backed Government abandon plans to force her into exile
Arrest of Sheikh Hasina
Bangladesh police arrest former PM Sheikh Hasina on extortion charges
Arrest of Sheikh Hasina Wajed
Former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina is charged with extortion for allegedly demanding hundreds of thousands of dollars from a company seeking to build a power station
Arrest of Sheikh Hasina Wajed
Detained former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina Wajed is charged in a new graft case as part of the emergency Governments corruption crackdown
2009
Constitution of Bangladesh
Sheikh Hasina Wajed is sworn in for her second spell as Prime minister, restoring democracy to the impoverished country after almost two years of rule by an army-backed regime
Inauguration
Sheikh Hasina Wajed is sworn in for her second spell as Prime minister, restoring democracy to the impoverished country after almost two years of rule by an army-backed regime
Prime Minister of Bangladesh
Sheikh Hasina Wajed is sworn in for her second spell as Prime minister, restoring democracy to the impoverished country after almost two years of rule by an army-backed regime
Awami League
The Awami League wins a landslide victory in the countrys 481 upazilas (subdistricts), 3 people are killed, 150 injured and voter intimidation is rife
Election
The Awami League wins a landslide victory in the countrys 481 upazilas (subdistricts), 3 people are killed, 150 injured and voter intimidation is rife
Rebellion of people in an
Mutinous Bangladeshi border guards open fire at their headquarters in the capital and seize a nearby shopping mall, injuring several people in an insurrection apparently sparked by pay disputes
Records, sources and methodology
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