Dhaka, June 11 -- The leaders of Bangladesh Awami League and its associate bodies on Tuesday greeted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on the occasion of the 11th anniversary of her release from prison.

They greeted the prime minister by presenting her with bouquets at her official residence Ganobhaban.

The Awami League chief was arrested from her Sudha Sadan residence at Dhanmondi on July 16, 2007 during the military-backed caretaker government.

On this day in 2008, conceding to the people's spontaneous and repeated demands and pressure from different quarters, the caretaker government was compelled to release Sheikh Hasina from the special sub-jail set up on the premises of the Jatiya Sangsad Building.

Senior Awami League leaders first g...