A-month long exhibition marking the 73rd birthday of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was inaugurated on September 28 at National Art Gallery of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Segunbagicha in the city.
The show has been jointly organised by the Cultural Affairs Ministry and Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy.
Bangladesh Jatiya Sangsad speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury was present as the chief guest, while state minister for cultural affairs KM Khalid, National Professor Anisuzzaman and others were present as special guests at the inaugural ceremony. The academy's secretary Badrul Anam Bhuiyan delivered the welcome speech. Liaquat Ali Lucky presided over the inaugural ceremony.
On the occasion of the exhibition, a press conference was held on September 26 at the Seminar Room of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy.
Director General of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy Liaquat Ali Lucky, secretary of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy Badrul Alam Bhuiyan and director of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy Prashant Kumar Pal and others were present at the press conference.The discussants highlighted Sheikh Hasina's immense contribution to the nation, and urged everyone to follow her in her footsteps to work for a better society.
The exhibition titled 'Sheikh Hasina Bangladesh-er Shopnosharathi' features photographs, paintings and installations based on Sheikh Hasina's life, works and her immense contributions to the country's development. The exhibition portrays the journey, struggles and political career of the Prime Minister and the daughter of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The exhibition feature 231 photographs,133 paintings and others. The exhibition will continue till October 26.
Sheikh Hasina Wazed (born 28 September 1947) is a veteran politician serving as the 10th Prime Minister of Bangladesh, having held the office since January 2009. She is the longest serving prime minister in the history of Bangladesh. She is the daughter of Bangladesh's first President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Sheikh Hasina is the eldest of his five children. Her political career has spanned more than four decades. She previously served as opposition leader from 1986 to 1990 and from 1991 to 1995, as Prime Minister from 1996 to 2001, and has been leading the Bangladesh Awami League since 1981. In 2008, she returned as Prime Minister with a landslide victory. In January 2014, she became Prime minister for a third term in an unopposed election, in an election boycotted by the opposition. She won a fourth term in December 2018.
Hasina is considered one of the most powerful women in the world, ranking 26th on Forbes' list of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women in 2018 and 30th in 2017. Sheikh Hasina has also made a list of "top 100 Global Thinkers" of the present decade. She is a member of the Council of Women World Leaders, an International network of current and former women presidents and prime ministers.
Sheikh Hasina was born in Tungipara on September 28 in 1947. Her father was Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the first president of Bangladesh, and mother was Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib. As she said in many interviews that she had grown up in fear due to her father's political works. She married M. A. Wazed Miah in 1968, who was chosen for her by her father, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. During the peak of violence of the 1970 Elections in Pakistan as well as her father's arrest she had lived in refuge with her grandmother. She was active in the student politics of Eden Girl's College, Dhaka.
