The Awami League president, Sheikh Hasina, reached Boston in the United States Thursday (12 June) night. 'You know, people in Bangladesh are in difficult situation. We want democracy; we want elected government through early elections,' she told reporters on her arrival at Boston airport.

Son Sajib Wazed Joy and daughter-in-law Christina received Sheikh Hasina as hundreds of expatriate Bangladeshis and Awami League supporters greeted the Awami League president with flowers and colourful festoons.

The Bangladesh envoy to USA, Humayun Kabir, Awami League leaders Abul Mal Abdul Muhit, Akhtaruzzaman Babu, Fakhrul Islam Munshi and Khaled Hassan, among others, were also present, according to a message received in Dhaka Friday (13 June).

Sheikh Hasina, former prime minister, will be staying with her son Joy in Boston for few days before leaving for Florida where she will have treatment to her damaged ears.

Later, she will go to Canada to see her daughter Saima Wazed Putul.