শেখ হাসিনার স্বদেশ প্রত্যাবর্তন

গণতন্ত্র ও উন্নয়নের আন্তঃসম্পর্ক অন্বেষণ

Abstract

Democracy excelarates economic development of a country. This article explores the nexus between Sheikh Hasina’s homecoming, and Bangladesh’s democracy and development using historical method, and development indicators. Sheikh Hasina returned home on 17 May 1981 defying all obstracles of the then government after five-year-and-nine-month of exile following 15 August assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and most of his family members. This study shows that Sheikh Hasina’s homecoming is of utmost important in the history of democracy and development of Bangladesh. Because, her return and subsequent democratic movements had forced the military dictator to hand over power to the caretaker government for holding the parliamentary election. Later, securing fourth term as the Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina has made the country a role model of development in the world. Bangladesh has now a glorified story of growth and development aspiring to be an upper-middle income country by 2031 because of her visionary leadership, and strictness to fulfil the dream of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. This study suggests rooting out corruption, reducing rate of unemployment, combating price hike of essentials, and strengthening soundness of democracy to make the country ‘Sonar Bangla’ by 2041.