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Profile: Awami League -- major party of Bangladesh
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Profile: Awami League -- major party of Bangladesh
DHAKA, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- As the 9th Parliamentary election of
Bangladesh is being held on Monday, the two major parties --
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) led by former prime minister
Khaleda Zia and Awami League led by former prime minister Sheikh
Hasina are both hopeful of winning the election.
Following is the profile of Awami League.
Awami League is a mainstream secular political party in
Bangladesh. The party led Bangladesh's independence from Pakistan in
1971 under the charismatic leadership of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman who
was the ...
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