Sheikh Rehana's 69th birthday today

 
The 69th birthday of Sheikh Rehana, younger daughter of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatun Nesa Mujib, is today. She was born on September 13 in 1955, at Mitford Hospital in Dhaka. She is the younger sister of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, BSS reports.

Bangabandhu's entire family except his two daughters was brutally assassinated by some disgruntled army men on the fateful night of August 15, 1975. Sheikh Rehana was in West Germany with her elder sister Sheikh Hasina at that time. She was placed under house arrest in Dhanmondi along with her family by the Pakistan Army during Bangladesh Liberation War.

She married Professor Dr Prof. Dr. Shafiq Ahmed Siddique and they have three children - a son and two daughters. Their son Radwan Mujib Siddiq is working in an international organization and a trustee of Awami League's research wing Centre for Research and Information (CRI), daughter Tulip Siddiq is a Labour Party MP of British Parliament and youngest daughter Azmina Siddiq Ruponti is working as Global Risks Analysis Editor of London-based the Control Risks.