The Pakistan legacy does not die in Bangladesh. It continues.

A sort of proxy war between Pakistan and India continues in Bangladesh. On October 27, 2006, Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s term in office ended abruptly as a result of the Bangladesh Army’s interference which thwarted the civilian government from taking office after winning a disputed election in Bangladesh. Some say the Bangladesh Army took the action at the instigation of India and becuase of Indian interference (see RAW report). Bangladeshi parties wanted a confederation with Pakistan.

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Shaikh Hasina Wajed was the leader of the opposition and is not keeping good health. She is the daughter of Shaikh Musjibur Rehman, the controversial leader of Bangaldesh, reviled and demonized by half the country worhsipped by many in Bangladesh. Many Bangaldeshis hated Mujib so much that they killed his entire family and his body lay in the street for days. Her father and her entire family was killed in a coup d’état on August 15, 1975. She and her sister Sheikh Rehana survived only becuase she was in West Germany at the time. She later moved to the United Kingdom, and then was in self-exile in New Delhi, India before returning to Bangladesh, and Bangladeshi politics, on 17 May 1981.

She has recently been hospitalized and is unstable. Like Hasni Mubarak of Egypt, and Bashar Asad of Syria, Bangladesh’s Hasina Wajed has been nurturing her son as the successor of her Awami League as well as the future leader of Bangladesh.

Sajeeb Wazed (born July 27, 1971) (also well known by his nickname Joy and also referred as Sajeeb Wazed Joy) is the son of Sheikh Hasina, and the grandson of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, is an IT professional by background. His early days were spent in boarding in St. Joseph’s College, Nainital, India which is where he picked up his interest in computer Science.[citation needed]Having a Bachelor of Science with a triple major in Physics, Mathematics and Computer Science from St. Joseph’s College of Science[citation needed], an affiliate of Bangalore University. He is also a graduate of the University of Texas in Arlington, Texas with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering[citation needed]. He also got admitted in Masters of Public Administration program at the Kennedy School Of Government at Harvard University. Most recently he has been selected as one of 250 Young Global Leaders by the World Economic Forum.[citation needed][2]

He resides in the United States, and has been politically involved in the Awami League. Most recently he has campaigned for Sheikh Hasina’s release following her recent arrest. Wiki

Sajeeb has to fight for power with the scion of Khaleda Zia, Tarique Rehman, grandson of the other founder of Bangladesh, General Zia. Begum Khalida Zia is leading in the polls, and if a new election is held, she will win.

Hasina hospitalised for blood pressure Sunday, April 20, 2008

DHAKA: Detained former Bangladesh premier Sheikh Hasina Wajed was hospitalised on Saturday for “unstable” blood pressure, an official said. Sheikh Hasina, 60, was taken to hospital for a routine check-up, but doctors found her blood pressure was unstable, said John Gomes, general manager of the Square Hospital where she was admitted.

“They checked her several times and each time her pressure was found to be low and unstable. She has been given medicines but she will be observed at the hospital for a while,” Gomes said. Sheikh Hasina has been detained on corruption charges since last July by the country’s military-backed government and was hospitalised for several days last month complaining of ear trouble, high blood pressure and other ailments.

Her hearing in her left ear was severely damaged in a 2004 grenade assassination attempt and she also has failing eye sight.

In February, Sheikh Hasina, who was premier from 1996 to 2001, went on trial for allegedly extorting $435,000 from a power company owner. The trial was adjourned after her lawyers challenged the legality of the case.

Bangladesh’s caretaker government took power in January 2007 after months of turmoil and violence sparked by Awami League allegations of vote-rigging against the outgoing Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).

The interim government has vowed to clean up Bangladesh’s notoriously corrupt politics before restoring democracy later this year.

BNP leader and the country’s most recent prime minister, Khaleda Zia, and some 150 other high-profile politicians have also been held in the government’s corruption crackdown.