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Dhaka, Oct 5 (DPA) A court Sunday ordered Bangladesh’s military-backed interim government to refrain from arresting or harassing fromer premier Sheikh Hasina Wajed, now paroled for medical treatment abroad.The Dhaka High Court passed the order after hearing Hasina’s petitions for bail in two graft cases, the former prime minister’s counsel said.

The begums are backSource: The Economist September 18, 2008Back to square one as the army admits defeatZia, free at last, and back in the battle. IT IS a spectacular military retreat. “You can smell the burning tyres,” says one Dhaka-based diplomat.

Two ladies: Seeds of their discord?Mozammel H. KhanSource: Daily Star August 15, 2008IT is a very common utterance, especially by the so-called neutral citizens of our republic, that the two ladies are the root of all our evils. It is true that their animosity against each other has reached such a level that they are not even on talking term to each other.

The leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia, was released on bail by the army-backed interim government. Zia was arrested last year on corruption charges. Elections are due on December 2008 and the current... read more

Beneath The SurfaceBig fish vs. small fishAbdul BayesSource: Daily Star August 31, 2008COMPARE two former prime ministers of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina (1996-2001) and Begum Khaleda Zia (2001-2006). Hasina is the daughter of the father of the nation while Khaleda is the wife of a former president and famous freedom fighter.

Extra-ordinary scenes were in Dhaka yesterday as the freshly released ex Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina met with four advisers and had a telephone chat with the Chief Advisers to demand quick election in Bangladesh. She is is on her way to the United States today to be received by her son in Boston.

The visit of the Bangladesh army chief followed by the flagging of the Maitree Express is cause for optimism on both sides of the border, reports Jyoti Malhotra in Mint If wishes were horses, India and Bangladesh could easily ride off into the sunset together. So, when Bangladesh army chief Gen.

The trial of Sheikh Hasina: International community fails to ensure due process Source: Asian Centre for Human Rights South Asia provides glimpses of the world’s systems of governance and political structure.

(This motion has been signed by 35 British Parliamentarians on March 17, 2008.) Source: UK Parliament That this House notes with grave concern that Mrs Sheikh Hasina Wajid, a former Prime Minister of Bangladesh and Leader of the Bangladeshi Awami League, has been under arrest for the last eight months

Photo:Sheikh Hasina ,on the way to Court. [Dhaka Correspondent] The detained former prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday told a special court that she had been produced in court by force and complained of her incomplete treatment and mental harassment by the government.