Bangladesh opposition unites to oust Zia government
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Opposition parties in Bangladesh have reportedly reached a consensus on ousting the government of Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, which it termed as being &quot;fanatic, terrorist and autocratic.
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Security forces arrested former Bangladesh prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia for corruption on Monday, underlining the interim government's drive to root out graft under an emergency rule imposed eight months ago.
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Bangladesh&#39;s main opposition party says party leader and former prime minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed narrowly escaped an assassination attempt yesterday, during an attack on a political rally.
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The Bangladesh Nationalist Party of detained former prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia is wooing the man she fired as the country's president five years ago to take charge of the divided party.
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Police in emergency-ruled Bangladesh on Monday arrested former prime minister Khaleda Zia, the latest high-profile figure to be hauled in as part of a massive anti-corruption campaign.
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An alliance of Pakistani opposition parties said on Sunday they would resign from national and provincial assemblies if President Pervez Musharraf tried to seek re-election from the sitting parliament.
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Angry protests broke out in Bangladesh Sunday in reaction to a grenade attack that killed nearly 20 people at a political rally by the country&#39;s main opposition movement.
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Security has been tightened in Bangladesh after a strike call by the main opposition party, whose rally was targeted by bombers on Saturday.
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The supreme leader of Somalia's Islamists has invited ministers who have resigned from the transitional government to join his movement and lashed out at embattled Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi for failing to govern the shattered African nation.
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Bangladesh's five top election officials have resigned following efforts by the country's new caretaker government to end months of political deadlock and pave the way for free and fair polls.
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Dozens of Bangladeshi opposition activists are injured in a clash with the police in the capital, Dhaka.
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DHAKA: Bangladeshâs prime minister and her main rival are under pressure to set aside years of bitter feuding after a grenade attack on an opposition rally killed 20 people and triggered a week of violent protests nationwide.
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Pakistan's opposition called for mass rallies to protest the decision by President Pervez Musharraf not to quit as army chief as promised, accusing the general of undermining democracy.
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A Pakistani opposition alliance will field its jailed leader against a candidate backed by President Gen. Pervez Musharraf in an election for a new prime minister, an opposition spokesman said Thursday.
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Dhaka, Aug 29: Bangladeshâs main Opposition party has called for a new general strike tomorrow, to protest last weekâs grenade attack on its leader, Ms Sheikh Hasina Wajed, coinciding with a ruling party demonstration which was earlier put back by two
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Bangladesh's main opposition said an indefinite transport blockade due to begin Sunday would go ahead after talks with the president failed to resolve the party's demands for electoral reform.
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At least 50,000 supporters of the outgoing Bangladesh government rallied in a show of strength to counter opposition threats to boycott next month's national elections.