<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>"Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's alternative is Sheikh Hasina. There is no alternative to Sheikh Hasina to take the country forward," said Awami League joint general secretary and foreign minister Hashan Mahmud.</b></span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He said referring to May 17, 1981, when she as the people's leader ignored all the obstacles and returned to the country on Thursday, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reorganised the Awami League, as well as taking the country forward with extraordinary development.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Hasan was speaking as the chief guest at a programme marking Bangabandhu’s daughter Sheikh Hasina's homecoming day that falls on May 17.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He said there were 19 times efforts to kill her but she remained firm in her position even after repeatedly returning from the valley of death.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">She faced death threats repeatedly but never deviated from her struggle for people's rights, Hasan said.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On the other hand, Hasan, who was injured in the grenade attack on August 21, said an attempt was made to kill Sheikh Hasina on January 24, 1988 by hunting people like birds in Chattogram.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I was at the front of that procession that day. An attempt was made to assassinate her by burying an 81 kg bomb in Kotalipara and hurling grenades like rain on Bangabandhu Avenue in Dhaka on 21 August 2004. But after coming back from the door of death, the leader and daughter of Bangabandhu never compromised with her position, he said</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Hasan also said after the visit of US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu, the leaders of BNP have gone mad.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd/fas</div>