Dhaka - Bangladesh's Awami League-led government Wednesday cancelled the lease of a residence in Dhaka awarded to former premier Khaleda Zia 27 years ago as widow of slain president Ziaur Rahman, officials said.
A weekly meeting of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed's cabinet decided to cancel the lease of one of the two homes awarded to Zia following the assassination of her husband Rahman, an army chief-turned-president of the country.
President Rahman was assassinated in a military coup on May 30, 1981.
Dhaka, Feb. 28 : As Bangladesh observes a three-day mourning, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has announced that the perpetrators of the carnage committed during BDR's mutiny would not be pardoned under general amnesty given to others. They will be punished as per law of the land.
"They will be tried according to law and punished," the Daily Star quoted PM''s press secretary Abul Kalam Azad as saying.
Dhaka - Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed Friday appointed a high-powered committee to launch an investigation into a mutiny at the border guard headquarters in central Dhaka which ended Thursday, officials have confirmed.
Authorities have also appointed Brigadier General Moinul Hossain as new chief of the country's paramilitary Bangladesh Rifles(BDR) force on Friday, as its former director general remains missing, presumably killed, following a mutiny two days ago.
Dhaka, Feb 26 : Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) mutineers to surrender their arms, otherwise action would be taken against them in the interest of the country.
In a brief address to the nation, Hasina said, "You surrender the arms. I'm giving you my word that none of you will be harmed. Otherwise, I'll be bound to take any step in the interest of the country".
"I am trying to solve the problems through negotiations, not through using force," she added.
Dhaka, Feb. 9 : The newly elected Sheikh Hasina government has reassured India that it will not allow its territory to be used for spreading terror in India.
Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dipu Moni told reporters here: "They (terrorists) don''t have any borders, don''t have any religion. They don''t have any nationality, they are terrorists, and, whoever tries to use our territory to harm anyone, we will put a stop to it and be vigilant."
Dhaka, Jan 12 : Bangladesh's new Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who got a massive parliamentary majority, has a chance to lead the country away from its paralysing culture of revenge politics.
But analysts have warned that a still-polarised electorate and a deep legacy of corruption have the potential to unleash the sort of violent confrontation that forced the military to step in two years ago.
Dhaka - Bangladesh's Awami League-led government Wednesday cancelled the lease of a residence in Dhaka awarded to former premier Khaleda Zia 27 years ago as widow of slain president Ziaur Rahman, officials said.
Dhaka, Feb. 28 : As Bangladesh observes a three-day mourning, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has announced that the perpetrators of the carnage committed during BDR's mutiny would not be pardoned under general amnesty given to others. They will be punished as per law of the land.
Dhaka - Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed Friday appointed a high-powered committee to launch an investigation into a mutiny at the border guard headquarters in central Dhaka which ended Thursday, officials have confirmed.
Dhaka, Feb 26 : Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) mutineers to surrender their arms, otherwise action would be taken against them in the interest of the country. 
Dhaka, Feb. 9 : The newly elected Sheikh Hasina government has reassured India that it will not allow its territory to be used for spreading terror in India.
Dhaka, Jan 12 : Bangladesh's new Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who got a massive parliamentary majority, has a chance to lead the country away from its paralysing culture of revenge politics.
