DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh has had a turbulent existence since gaining independence in 1971 following a war with Pakistan.
Bangladesh i guerrillas beat a victim as they torture and execute four men suspected of collaborating with Pakistan i militiamen accused of murder, rape and looting during months of civil war in Dacca, Bangladesh , Dec. 18, 1971.
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, left, and Pakistan’s Premier Zulfikar Bhutto meet in Dhaka, Bangladesh on June 30, 1974. Bangladeshi Prime Minister Khaleda Zia stands with supporters at a mass demonstration in Dhaka where she announced her resignation on Saturday, March 30, 1996. Khaleda Zia takes oath of office as the prime minister in Dhaka, Bangladesh Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2001.
A supporter of Awami League leader Sheikh Hasina tries to look at her through a wall of hands raised to pledge support for the party at a rally addressed by Hasina in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, Dec. 25, 2008. Bangladeshi protesters throw stones at policemen during a protest demanding that the government enact an anti-blasphemy law in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, May 5, 2013.
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina checks her watch as she waits for the official opening time to cast her vote in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024. After the deluge thousands of people cling to a train’s roof top and hang from handle bars in Kurmitola, Bangladesh, trying to escape flooded areas in September 1988.
Hundreds of flood victims line up to receive aid at the flooded port city of Narayangonj, 10 miles south of capital Dhaka on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 1998. Bangladeshi guerrillas beat a victim as they torture and execute four men suspected of collaborating with Pakistani militiamen accused of murder, rape and looting during months of civil war in Dacca, Bangladesh, Dec. 18, 1971.
Bangladeshi leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman wipes away happy tears as he rides in an open truck en route to address a rally in Dacca, Jan. 11, 1972. Prime Minister Tajuddin Ahmed is at left foreground. Behind Rahman’s left shoulder is acting President Syed Nazrul Islam. Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, left, and Pakistan’s Premier Zulfikar Bhutto meet in Dhaka, Bangladesh on June 30, 1974.
Britain’s Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher gestures as Bangladesh President Ershad looks on when they attended a state dinner held in the President’s honour in London, on Feb. 16, 1989. Bangladeshi Prime Minister Khaleda Zia stands with supporters at a mass demonstration in Dhaka where she announced her resignation on Saturday, March 30, 1996.
Sheikh Hasina, leader of majority Awami League party, waves to the crowd in Dhaka, Saturday, June 22, 1996, after being formally invited by President Abdur Rahman Biswas to form the government. Khaleda Zia takes oath of office as the prime minister in Dhaka, Bangladesh Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2001. Police escort former Bangladeshi Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina, center, to a court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, July 16, 2007, after she was arrested on charges of extorting money from a businessman.
A supporter of Awami League leader Sheikh Hasina tries to look at her through a wall of hands raised to pledge support for the party at a rally addressed by Hasina in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, Dec. 25, 2008. An army officer cries as he holds the coffin of his colleague during a mass funeral for those slain in a two-day mutiny by border guards that left as many as 148 people dead or missing in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, March 2, 2009.
Bangladeshi protesters throw stones at policemen during a protest demanding that the government enact an anti-blasphemy law in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, May 5, 2013. Rohingya Muslims, who spent four days in the open after crossing over from Myanmar into Bangladesh, carry their belongings after they were allowed to proceed towards a refugee camp, at Palong Khali, Bangladesh, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017.
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina checks her watch as she waits for the official opening time to cast her vote in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024. Seen here is the first of the U.S. Aid helicopters as they drop sacks of rice to the hungry survivors of the island of Char Chubdia, East Pakistan, devastated by a cyclone and tidal wave on Nov. 14, 1970.
After the deluge thousands of people cling to a train’s roof top and hang from handle bars in Kurmitola, Bangladesh, trying to escape flooded areas in September 1988. A settlement on the southern Bangladesh island of Sandwip, is seen totally destroyed after the cyclone, on April 29 1991. Hundreds of flood victims line up to receive aid at the flooded port city of Narayangonj, 10 miles south of capital Dhaka on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 1998.
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