Dhaka, Feb 15 (DIN NEWS)<\/b> Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who won a historic fourth term, becoming the country’s longest-serving leader, has indicated that she will retire after the current term to promote young leaders, according to a media report.<\/p>\n
In an interview with the German broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) 71-year-old Hasina, who assumed office just a month ago, for the fourth time as the prime minister, said she wanted to retire after the five-year term, the Bangladesh daily Dhaka Tribune reported.<\/p>\n
“It’s the third consecutive term and before that I was prime minister (1996-2001), so it’s my fourth term. I don’t want to continue for more (time). I think that everybody should take a break so we can accommodate the younger generation,” she said.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday, at a cultural event in Gazipur, the prime minister said she would like to go back to her ancestral village of Tungipara in Gopalganj to spend her retirement, the daily said.<\/p>\n
Hasina, the daughter of Bangladesh’s founder Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, won the 11th parliamentary elections in December last year with a landslide victory even as Opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party rejected the polls marred with violence that claimed 18 lives, making it one of the deadliest polls in the country.<\/p>\n
The Awami League chief was pitted against a united opposition Jatiya Oikya Front (United National Front) led by octogenarian Kamal Hossain, an Oxford-educated jurist and former foreign minister.<\/p>\n
Her arch-rival ex-premier and BNP hief Khalida Zia, who has been serving a 17-year sentence for corruption, was barred from contesting the polls.<\/p>\n
Asked about her plans about the rest of her tenure, Hasina said the fight against poverty will continue to be her first priority.<\/p>\n
“Food security, housing, education, healthcare, job opportunities; these are basic needs,” she said, “Definitely, every human being wants a better life We have to ensure that.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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