Dhaka, July 06: Bangladesh government today approved a law to ensure lifetime security for the family members of the country’s founding father ‘Bangabandhu’ Sheikh Mujibur Rahman including her daughter Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
“The cabinet today approved in principle the proposed Father of the Nation’s Family Members’ Security Act-2009 to ensure their foolproof safety,” Prime Minister’s press secretary Abul Kalam Azad told reporters.
Earlier, officials said the law was drafted mainly to protect Sheikh Hasina and her younger sister Sheikh Rehana, the two daughters of Bangabandhu who was killed along with most of his family members in a military coup on August 15, 1975, when his Awami League government was also toppled.
Hasina and Rehana survived the putsch as they were abroad at that time.
–PTI