DHAKA, June 10, 2023 (BSS) - The 15th anniversary of release of Awami League

President and incumbent Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from prison will be
observed tomorrow.

On this day in 2008, Sheikh Hasina was released from the special sub-jail set
up on the premises of the Jatiya Sangsad (Parliament) Bhaban after remaining
captive there for nearly 11 months.

The Awami League president was arrested from her Sudha Sadan residence at
Dhanmondi on July 16, 2007 during the military-backed caretaker government,
which assumed power in the political changeover of 1/11 in 2007.

As Sheikh Hasina fell sick during her captivity, demands were raised then
from different quarters including the Awami League and its associate bodies
to send her abroad for better medical treatment after releasing her from
jail.

Conceding to the people's spontaneous and repeated demands and pressure from
different quarters, the caretaker government was compelled to release Sheikh
Hasina from jail.

In the national election of December 29 in 2008, the Awami League-led grand
alliance registered a landslide victory with a two-thirds majority in
Parliament and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina became the Prime Minister
for the second term.

After that, Awami League also became triumphant in the general elections of
2014 and 2018 and formed the government.