Bangladesh, Sept. 28 -- Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also the President of Bangladesh Awami League, has turned 73.

She is celebrating her birthday at home for the first time since 2008.

The Prime Minister was born on September 28, 1947 - the eldest of the five children of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Begum Fazilatunnesa, in the village of Tungipara in Gopalganj.

Like previous years, Awami League and its affiliated organisations are celebrating the day through various programmes.

More-or-less every year from 2009 to 2019, her birthday was spent in New York City or its surrounding areas, where she would be attending the annual meeting of the UN General Assembly, held every September.

This year, the Covid-...