Rohingya woman names her newborn baby girl after Sheikh Hasina

A Rohingya refugee woman, who has taken shelter in a refugee camp in Ukhia of Cox's Bazar, has delivered a baby girl and named her after Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

The 20-year-old Khadija fled to Bangladesh after her husband was brutally murdered in the ongoing ethnic cleansing in the Rakhine state of Myanmar, reports India Today.

With eight months-pregnancy, she sneaked into Bangladesh with her mother Alum Bahar as they are the only survivors of their six-member family.

Alum Bahar, wearing a dirty green saree and holding the baby Hasina close to her heart, told the Indian newspaper, "We have come to Bangladesh in a lot of pain. My daughter was pregnant. She gave birth to a daughter here. We have named her Sheikh Hasina. She has given us hopes of a new life and we now expect some peace in our lives."

Meanwhile, recalling the horror, Khadija said," The entire Rakhine district is burning. My house was burnt. I ran from Myanmar alive and struggled to stay alive with a baby in my womb. I crossed the border and have come to Bangladesh. I gave birth to a baby girl here. I have lost my husband in these attacks. I have named my daughter as Sheikh Hasina."

More than 16 thousands of Rohingya women, who fled to Bangladesh following persecution in the Rakhine state of Myanmar, are pregnant, Health Minister Mohammad Nasim said today.