bangladesh's prime minister sheikh hasina has been in powerfor last 1a years. rters hasina has been in powerfor last 1a years. her supporters described her as a saviour, and her critic says she is a dictator. they accuse her of human rights abuses. in a rare and wide—ranging interview with the bbc, sheikh hasina sits down with yalda hakim to discuss some of the most important issues facing her country and the international community. she remains defiant when it comes to the treatment of the minority rohingya refugees and says that she is in no hurry to step down as the leader of the country. you are the world's longest serving female leader. often this bribed as the iron lady of bangladesh, you are the iron lady of bangladesh, you are the daughter of the founder of the country. i just the daughter of the founder of the country. ijust want the daughter of the founder of the country. i just want to know, the daughter of the founder of the country. ijust want to know, how have the last 14 years been for you personally? the have the last 14 years been for you person

now on bbc news — the interview: sheikh hasina.angladesh's prime minister sheikh hasina has been in power for past 1a years. her supporters describe her as a saviour, and her critics says she is a dictator, and her critics say she is a dictator, she's a dictator, accusing her of human rights abuses. in a rare and wide—ranging interview with the bbc, sheikh hasina sits down with me, yalda hakim, to discuss some of the most important issues facing her country and the international community. she remains defiant when it comes to the treatment of the minority rohingya refugees and says that she is refugees and says that she's in no hurry to step down as the country's leader. you are the world's longest serving female leader. you're often described as the iron lady of bangladesh, you're the daughter of the founder of the country. i just want to know, how the last 1a years have been for you personally? i can tell you one thing — the last 1a years have been the best time for bangladesh because in every aspect. because in every aspect, we

in a rare and wide—ranging interview with the bbc sheikh hasina sits down to discuss some of the mostortant issues facing her country. she remains defiant when it comes to the treatment of the minority rohingya refugees and says that she is in no hurry to step down as the leader of the country. you are the world's longest serving female leader. often described as the iron lady of bangladesh, you are the daughter of the founder of the country. i just want to know, how have the last 14 years have been for you personally? the last 14 years have been the best time for bangladesh. in every aspect, we made tremendous development. we couldn't do it in the past because, after independence, our father of the nation got only three years and seven months to build up the strength of his country and develop the country. after the military ruler took over directly or indirectly, then in 2008, when we won the election, it was a continuous democratic process for 14 years. that really helped our country to develop. every sector we made some progress. your country has been described as a flawed muslim

i sat down with sheikh hasina last week to discuss some of these issues. mean, your country has been described as a "flawed muslim democracy". and then, there are those who say it's sliding into autocracy under your rule. what went wrong? how could you say "autocracy"? in my whole life, i struggle for democracy. and our party, bangladesh awami league, we established democracy in this country. and before that, i told you that we had military rule for 21 years, and then again, military—backed government for another eight years — that was altogether 29 years, out of 50 years. so only this time, these 14 years, we had a true democratic system and stability, and therefore, we could make progress. why then does the un human rights chief raise concerns about allegations of extrajudicial killings, forced disappearances, torture, cracking down on the press? i don't know. but actually, the allegation they brought, but they couldn't prove it that much. well, some group, they mentioned a big number. then when we inquire, it was perhaps 5—6 persons. but sometimes peopl

in a moment we'll have an exclusive interview with bangladesh's prime minister sheikh hasina.hey were forced to see out the storm in their flimsy shelters. agency say a nightmare situation was just averted a stop that serves as a reminder of the vulnerability of almosti million refugees. in reminder of the vulnerability of almosti million refugees. in a moment, we will have an exclusive interview with the prime minister, but earlier this month, the bbc was given special access to the camp. our south asia correspondent rajini vaidyanathan and her team report now on the story of anwar — a five—year—old boy who has only known life in the camps. born as his mother ran for her life. anwar siddique was just hours old when the bbc met them in a refugee camp. translation: when my baby used to kick me in my womb i used - to think that i would bring him to a beautiful and peaceful world. but that was 2017, so what became of baby anwar? he was one in a million in the world's largest refugee camp in bangladesh, home to rohingya families who fled violence in myanmar. five years on, we went

in a rare and wide—ranging interview with the bbc sheikh hasina sits down to discuss some of the most

yalda hakim sat down with bangladesh's prime minister, sheikh hasina, to ask her about these concernsrowding, there's arson, there's violence. there have been attempts to move them to another island. but there's concern around the flooding in that island and that some rohingya have attempted to flee and various... i'm very sorry. have you been there? have you seen the island? how we develop that island for them, those who are living, how they are living, and those who are now went to that island. they are living in a better way. because we make, we made arrangements for 100,000 families. the whole hurricane shelter, everything is there. who told you that it is flooding? all the false. so that island is not flood prone? no, of course, it is flood proof there is all embankment we build up. people are living there. children are getting at least for school or health care or even actually, their livelihood is better than this camp, is a cramped place. and that area, actually, it was totally destroyed. all the plant and everything, it was a deep forest, but totally gone. and now they are fi