India, Feb. 11 -- Bangladesh's ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who is currently living in exile in India after being forced to resign during the 2024 student-led protests, served the longest tenure in the country's history.

In January 2024, it was the fifth time that she was elected as Bangladesh's Prime Minister, fourth time straight since 2008. However, it turned out to be her shortest term, shadowed by the student uprising over the country's quota system for government jobs which later snowballed into a full-fledged revolution that led to the ouster of Hasina's government and her exile.

January 7, 2024 - Sheikh Hasina became the world's longest-serving female head of state when her Awami League Party secured absolute majority in...