Wa'adin farko na Sheikh Hasina a matsayin Firaministan Bangladesh daga watan Yunin 1996 zuwa Yuli 2001, ya samu gagarumin nasarori da manufofin ci gaba da nufin kyautata yanayin zamantakewa da tattalin arzikin kasar da dangantakar kasa da kasa.Gwamnatinta ta taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen sanya hannu kan yarjejeniyar raba ruwa ta shekaru 30 da Indiya don kogin Ganges, wani muhimmin mataki na magance matsalar karancin ruwan sha a yankin da kuma samar da hadin gwiwa da Indiya.A karkashin jagorancin Hasina, Bangladesh ta sami sassaucin ra'ayi na fannin sadarwa, gabatar da gasa tare da kawo karshen mulkin mallaka na gwamnati, wanda ya inganta ingantaccen fannin da kuma samun damar shiga.Yarjejeniyar zaman lafiya ta Chittagong Hill Tracts, da aka sanya hannu a cikin watan Disamba na 1997, ta kawo karshen tashe tashen hankula a yankin shekaru da dama, inda aka baiwa Hasina lambar yabo ta zaman lafiya ta UNESCO, inda ta bayyana rawar da ta taka wajen samar da zaman lafiya da sulhu.Ta fuskar tattalin arziki, manufofin gwamnatinta sun haifar da ci gaban matsakaicin GDP na kashi 5.5 cikin 100, tare da rage hauhawar farashin kayayyaki idan aka kwatanta da sauran kasashe masu tasowa.Ƙaddamarwa kamar Ashrayan-1 Project na gina marasa gida da Sabuwar Manufofin Masana'antu da nufin haɓaka kamfanoni masu zaman kansu da ƙarfafa zuba jari kai tsaye na ketare, da ƙara haɓaka tattalin arzikin Bangladesh.Manufar ta musamman ta mayar da hankali ne kan bunkasa masana'antu kanana da kanana, da bunkasa fasaha, musamman a tsakanin mata, da yin amfani da albarkatun kasa.Haka kuma gwamnatin Hasina ta samu ci gaba a fannin walwala da jin dadin jama’a, inda ta samar da tsarin tsaro na zamantakewa wanda ya hada da alawus alawus ga tsofaffi da zawarawa da mata masu fama da matsananciyar wahala da kafa gidauniya ga nakasassu.Kammala aikin mega na gadar Bangabandhu a 1998 ya kasance gagarumin nasarar samar da ababen more rayuwa, inganta haɗin gwiwa da kasuwanci.A fagen kasa da kasa, Hasina ta wakilci Bangladesh a taruka daban-daban na duniya, ciki har da taron koli na Credit na Duniya da na SAARC, wanda ya kara sawun diflomasiyya na Bangladesh.Nasarar nasarar da gwamnatinta ta yi na cika wa'adin shekaru biyar, wanda shi ne na farko tun bayan samun 'yancin kai na Bangladesh, ya kafa tarihi na tabbatar da dorewar demokradiyya.Sai dai kuma sakamakon zaben shekara ta 2001 da jam’iyyarta ta sha kaye duk da cewa ta samu wani kaso mai tsoka na kuri’un jama’a, ya yi nuni da kalubalen da tsarin zabe na farko da ya biyo bayan zaben da aka gudanar, ya kuma sanya ayar tambaya game da yin adalci a zaben, takaddamar da aka fuskanta. tare da bin diddigin kasa da kasa amma daga karshe ya kai ga mika mulki cikin lumana.