the power struggle between shaikh hasina and hunted as he has lasted for decades you know began with a coup against shaikh has seen his father in seventy one shaikh became the first president of bangladesh he tried to introduce a secular democracy but many people in the country were opposed in a military coup in one thousand nine hundred five he was killed along with much of his family shaikh hasina and her sister were the only survivors. kind of busy largely benefited from the coup her husband zio iraq money came to power in one thousand nine hundred seventy seven he founded the nationalist party and began a re islamisation of the country but he too was assassinated shortly after that. his widow took over leadership of the nationalist party in one thousand nine hundred one and it as he had became the country's first female prime minister. but in one thousand nine hundred six she was voted out of office and replaced by sheikh hasina. since then both camps have been in a battle for supremacy one party takes office the other makes accusations of corruption or fraud or they call for an