Profile: Awami League -- major party of Bangladesh

Xinhua News Agency | December 29, 2008 | Copyright

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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