Dhaka - Authorities in Bangladesh on Monday announced further relaxation of a state of emergency to allow electioneering for parliamentary and local polls.

The government also decided to withdraw troops from the field, nearly 22 months after they were deployed as part of a declaration of a state of emergency, an adviser to the military-backed interim administration told reporters.

Dakar (Senegal), Mar 15: The Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) has adopted a new charter that calls for a "jihad of peace" to spark off an Islamic renaissance.