Hasina's government has come under criticism for its lax oversight over the powerful garment industry.
On Friday, Sheikh Hasina said the government had already met many of the group's demands.
But the Awami League, led by the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, is taking no chances.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has made prosecuting war crimes a key goal of her government.
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Sheikh Hasina has used this mandate to consolidate power and hound her enemies, real and imagined.
As Sheikh Hasina looks ever more strident, people may start tiptoeing away from her.
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Sheikh Hasina is the daughter of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladesh's independence hero, murdered in 1975.
Sheikh Hasina will not, says a senior politician, want to pull the tiger's tail.
Sheikh Hasina's control of the League remains absolute, and she appears confident of victory.
He is said to be in hiding, but Sheikh Hasina has promised that he will be punished.
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More preoccupying to the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, are the implications for her attempted rapprochement with India.
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The Bangladeshi Taka has been de-valued eleven times since the government of Sheikh Hasina was elected last year.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina called for special prayers for the victims to be held across the country on Friday.
Hasina promised that the government would take care of her and make sure she gets another job, Moudud said.
"If they don't participate in the election, as a political party they will lose their seats, " Ms Hasina said.
Still, Mrs Hasina is not quite the all-powerful bogeywoman her bitterest opponents suggest.
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He says he has done nothing wrong and will only resign if the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, tells him to.
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Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina "expressed gratitude to the Almighty" and encouraged people to "offer thanksgiving prayers", her spokesman told reporters.
"It's a miraculous event, " Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said after visiting Ms. Begum in the hospital and congratulating the rescue teams.
Zia has called the tribunal a farce, while Hasina has urged Zia to stop backing those she says fought against independence.
Jamaat-e-Islami was a key partner in the former government of Khaleda Zia, a longtime political rival of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Ms. Hasina's secular Awami League-led government denies political meddling in the tribunal.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina visited Ms. Begum in hospital on Friday evening.
Ms. Hasina's secular-minded Awami league-led government denies political meddling in the tribunal.
Meanwhile, the army appears to have resigned itself to Sheikh Hasina's becoming the next prime minister or, at least, contesting the elections.
General elections are due in Bangladesh in July and Sheikh Hasina is being challenged by opposition leader and former prime minister, Khaleda Zia.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina visited the site and some of the victims in hospital, assuring them they would receive help from the government.
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For example, Aung San Suu Kyi, Megawati Sukarnoputri and Sheikh Hasina each wrote about their fathers, Aung San, Sukarno and Mujibur Rahman respectively.
"Those who're involved, especially the owner who forced the workers to work there, will be punished, " Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told lawmakers on Friday.
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