<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Today marks the 69th birthday of Sheikh Rehana, the younger daughter of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatun Nesa Mujib.</span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Sheikh Rehana Siddiq was born on September 13, 1955, at Mitford Hospital in Dhaka. She is the younger sister of the current Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">During the Bangladesh Liberation War, she and her family were placed under house arrest in Dhanmondi by the Pakistan Army. On the fateful night of August 15, 1975, most of Bangabandhu's family members were brutally assassinated, but Sheikh Rehana and her elder sister Sheikh Hasina were abroad.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The government of Bangladesh assigned Rehena a government residence in Dhanmondi for "Token" 100 taka in 2001. Her personal crew was housed in the building. When the Bangladesh Nationalist Party came to power, the allocation was canceled. After the Awami League came to power in 2014, she was given a house in Gulshan for a token fee of 1001 taka. In 2015, the government of Bangladesh granted her and her children lifelong security through the Special Security Forces. The government also promised her and her family free utilities for the rest of their lives.In 2016, she was appointed to the Awami League Dhaka South unit's council.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">She married Professor Dr. Shafiq Ahmed Siddique. They have three children: a son named Radwan Mujib Siddiq and two daughters, Tulip Siddiq and Azmina Siddiq Ruponti. Radwan Mujib Siddiq is a trustee of Awami League's research wing Centre for Research and Information (CRI). Tulip Siddiq is a Member of Parliament for the Labour Party in the United Kingdom House of Commons for the Hampstead and Kilburn constituency.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Sheikh Rehana, also known as "Chhoto Apa," inherited a basic way of living from her father, Bangabandhu.She often accompanies Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on official trips, including significant international events like the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II in 2022,the Coronation of Charles III and Camilla and the G20 Summit in New Delhi in 2023.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">She drew global attention to the country's darkest episode in 1979 with a speech at an All-European Bakshal summit in Stockholm on May 10, 1979, attended by European country heads, the UN chief, and international NGO high-ups. She is credited with making the first global call for justice against the assassins of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and four national leaders in her 1979 speech. She made the demand at an international conference in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1979, as the first international plea for justice against the assassins of Bangabandhu and four other national leaders, who were slain in Dhaka central jail on November 3, 1975, while in safe custody.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>