Hasina nominated for Mother Teressa Award
Unb, Dhaka
Opposition leader Sheikh Hasina has been nominated for the prestigious Mother Teressa Award for the political leader's service to humanity, which was the lifelong preoccupation of the world-famous missionary.Kolkata-based Mother Teressa Foundation has selected the opposition Awami League chief for the award for 2006. Indian High Commissioner Veena Sikri conveyed the decision to Sheikh Hasina at her Sudha Sadan residence yesterday afternoon. "It's a great achievement for Bangladesh and for me, too," said the Leader of the Opposition in Parliament welcoming the Foundation's decision. Hasina's political secretary Saber Hossain Chowdhury told UNB that the Mother Teressa Foundation wants to confer the award upon the opposition leader this month in the capital of West Bengal. Ms Sikri wanted to know if the opposition leader would be able to make time to receive the award in Kolkata. "We have shown our positive attitude, but we will let them know her convenient time," Saber said. Awami League Presidium member Kazi Zafrullah MP was also present when the Indian envoy met the AL chief.
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