Agent of Change Award in 2016 and Planet 50-50 Champion in 2016.

The 74th birthday of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was celebrated in the united states on Monday reiterating the vow to rally across the Awami League president in turning the united states into a developed one by 2041 under her dynamic leadership.

The celebration of the birthday of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina this season got a momentum as the global pandemic COVID-19 created the scope on her behalf to stay home on her birthday. The premier usually stays in america of America (USA) at that time to attend the total annual United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) session every year.

Like previous years, AL and its own affiliated organisations celebrated your day through various programmes, including discussions, doa-mahfils, special prayers, distributing foods among the indegent and organizing photo exhibitions abiding by the correct health guidelines, across the country highlighting the life and achievements of Sheikh Hasina, who is driving the nation towards prosperity following the footsteps of her father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

Marking your day, a doa and milad mahfil happened at the AL central office in the city’s Bangabandhu Avenue in the afternoon.

AL General Secretary Obaidul Quader, Presidium Members Begum Matia Chowdhury, Dr Md Abdur Razzak, Advocate Abdul Matin Khasru, Shajahan Khan, Jahangir Kabir Nanak and Abdur Rahman, Joint General Secretaries Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud and Mahbubul-Alam Hanif, Organizing Secretaries BM Mozammel Haque, Mirza Azam and SM Kamal Hossain, Relief and Social Welfare Secretary Sujit Roy Nandi, Publicity and Publication Secretary Dr Abdus Sobhan Golap, Science and Technology Affairs Secretary Abdus Sabur, Office Secretary Barrister Biplab Barua and Deputy Office Secretary Sayem Khan joined the programme, amongst others.

Marking your day, the Media for Development and Peace (MDP) organized a seminar titled ‘Sheikh Hasina in Women Empowerment: Bangladesh on the globe Leadership’ at the Jatiya Press Club (JPC) each morning.

AL Joint General Secretary and Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud addressed the seminar as the chief guest with JPC General Secretary Farida Yeasmin in the chair.

AL Women Affairs Secretary Maher Afroz Chumki, Chief Coordinator for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Affairs at the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) Zuena Aziz and Chief News Editor of News24 Television Shahnaj Munni joined the seminar as discussants with Diplomatic Correspondents Association, Bangladesh (DCAB) President Angur Nahar Monty in the chair.

Besides, Mohila Awami League distributed sewing machines among poor women at a community center in the city’s Dhanmondi area to mark the 74th birthday of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. AL Joint General Secretary and Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni addressed the function as chief guest with Mohila Awami League President Safiya Khatun in the chair.

Bangabandhu Dustha Kalyan Sangstha organized a discussion at the JPC, while Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque addressed the programme as the chief guest using its President Mahbub Hossain in the chair. AL Central Working Committee Member Jahan Kalpona and AL leader MA Karim spoke at the discussion, amongst others.

Marking the birthday of the Prime Minister, Bangla Academy organized a seminar titled ‘Writer Sheikh Hasina’. State Minister for Cultural Affairs KM Khalid addressed the seminar as the principle guest with Bangla Academy President Professor Shamshuzzaman Khan in the chair.

Dhaka University Pro Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr Mohammad Samad presented the keynote paper at the seminar while Bangla Academy Director General Poet Habibullah Siraji delivered welcome speech.

Earlier, State Minister for Cultural Affairs KM Khalid inaugurated a three-day exhibition of books written and edited by Sheikh Hasina at the academy.

Besides, doa and prayers were offered by all mosques, like the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque, in the united states after Zohr prayers, seeking the Prime Minister’s good health and long life.

A particular prayer was also held at the Dhakeshwari National Temple at 11 am, seeking the premier’s sound health and long life.

Marking your day, special prayers were also offered by the International Buddhist Monastery (Merul Badda) at 9 am, at Christian Association Bangladesh (CAB), Mirpur Baptist Church at 10 am and Jakmala Rani Church at Tejgaon at 6 am.

On the birthday of the premier, prominent citizens including educationists, economists, writers, physicians and cultural personalities also wished good health and long life of Sheikh Hasina, who's leading the united states as the prime minister for the 3rd consecutive term.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, daughter of Bangabandhu, spent a lot of her childhood in the tiny hamlet where she was created. She started her schooling there. When Bangabandhu was elected a legislator, the family relocated to Dhaka in 1954.

She was enrolled from what is now Sher-e-Bangla Girls’ School and College and later to Azimpur Girls’ SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL from where she completed her secondary education in 1965. She was then admitted from what is now Badrunnessa Government Girls’ College.

During her Bachelor’s course she was elected vice-president of the students’ union of Eden Girls’ College (Badrunnessa and Eden Girls’ College was one school in those days). Later, she enrolled into her Masters’ program at the Bengali department of Dhaka University.

As students leader, Sheikh Hasina actively took part in the six-point movement of 1966 and the student movement of 1969 which saw the abdication of General Ayub Khan.

In 1968, with the blessings of her imprisoned father, Sheikh Hasina was married to Nuclear Scientist Dr Wazed Miah.

Through the Liberation War, Sheikh Hasina and her family were interned in a residence in Dhaka. On July 27, 1971 her first child, Sajib Wazed Joy was created. Her second child Saima Wazed Hossain was born on December 9, 1972.

After assassination of her parents in 1975, Sheikh Hasina and her family were offered political asylum in India, where she stayed till 1981 when she was elected president of the Awami League in absentia. She returned to the country on May 17, 1981 when she was greeted by a mammoth crowd that extended from the Airport to Farm Gate and Manik Miah Avenue where she addressed a public meeting.

In the 1986 parliamentary election, she was elected to parliament from three different constituencies. Following the overthrow of autocracy in 1990, she was elected Leader of the Opposition in the general elections that followed.

In 1996, 21 years after her father was assassinated, she led the Awami League to power and became the prime minister. In 2008, she led the Grand Alliance to an overwhelming victory acquiring 90 percent of parliament seats in the general elections. She was elected the prime minister on January 5, 2014 for the next time in a row.

Sheikh Hasina assumed office of the Prime Minister for the 3rd consecutive term with a thumping victory in the overall elections in December 2018.

On August 21, 2004, Sheikh Hasina, who was simply the then Leader of the Opposition for the next time, barely escaped an effort on her life as grenades were lobbed at her public meeting on Bangabandhu Avenue in the administrative centre. Although she survived the attack, at least 24 of these attending the meeting died and over 200 were injured, most of them Awami League leaders.

Under her leadership, Bangladesh has turned into a role model for development, attaining steady financial growth, becoming self-reliant in staple food-grain and making significant progress in the fields of women empowerment, agriculture, education, health, rural infrastructures, communication, energy and power, trade and commerce, ICT and the SME sectors.

Her most recent role in extending humanitarian support to over 1.1 million forcibly displaced Rohingyas from Myanmar, who have taken shelter in Cox’s Bazar, drew accolade from global leaders, institutions and eminent personalities.

Asiatic Society of Kolkata honoured Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina with the prestigious “Tagore Peace Award-2018” in recognition of her contribution to maintaining regional peace and prosperity.

President of Kolkata Asiatic Society Professor Isha Mohammed handed over the award to Sheikh Hasina at a function at Taj Mahal Hotel in the Indian capital on October 5, 2019.

She also received the prestigious ‘Vaccine Hero’ award given in recognition of Bangladesh’s outstanding success in vaccination. Global Alliance for Vaccination and Immunisations (GAVI) handed over the award to the premier at a ceremony at the Conference Room of the UN Headquarters in NY during the 74th US General Assembly (UNGA) in 2019.

The premier was conferred with the award ‘Champion of Skill Development for Youth’ for Bangladesh’s great success in youth skill development. The US Children’s Fund (UNICEF) conferred the award on the premier at a ceremony at Labouisse Hall of UNICEF House in the UN Plaza on September 26 in 2019.

UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore paid the award to the prime minister amid thunderous clapping of the audience.

Sheikh Hasina also received the Dr Kalam Smriti International Excellence Awards-2019, introduced in memory of eminent scientist and former Indian President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam.

The award was conferred after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in recognition of her commitment to a close and mutually satisfying India-Bangladesh relations, welfare of her people, particularly women and children, and international peace and cooperation.

Chief Adviser of the Dr Kalam Smriti International Advisory Council Ambassador TP Sreenivasan handed over the accolade through a ceremony at the Prime Minister’s Office here on September 16, 2019.

Sheikh Hasina was also conferred with various honourary degrees, accolades and awards in recognition of her leadership excellence and intellectual flair. These include: honorary Doctor of Laws by the Waseda University of Japan, honorary Doctorate of Philosophy in Liberal Arts by University of Abertay Dundee, UK, honorary Amount of Desikottama by Visva-Bharati University of West Bengal, India, honorary Doctor of Laws by the Australian National University, honorary Doctor of Humane Letters by the Bridgeport University, USA, honorary Doctor of Laws by the University of Dhaka, Paul Haris Fellowship by the Rotary International, UNESCO’s Houphouet-Boigny Peace Prize in 1998, M K Gandhi Award in 1998, Mother Teresa Award in 1998 and 2006, Pearl S. Buck Award by Randolph Macon Women’s College of USA in 1999, CERES Medal in 1999, UN Award for MDG achievement (child mortality) this year 2010, Indira Gandhi Peace Prize in 2009 2009, South-South Award in 2011, UN Award for MDG Achievement in 2013, Rotary Peace Prize in 2013, Tree of Peace in 2014, ICT Sustainable Development Award in 2015, Champions of the Earth in 2015, Agent of Change Award in 2016 and Planet 50-50 Champion in 2016.