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Bangladeshi government to evict ex-PM Khaleda Zia from home
* British diplomats seek access to charity chief
DHAKA: The Bangladeshi cabinet, lead by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, announced on Wednesday that former premier Khaleda Zia would be evicted from the home she has lived in for 28 years, an official said.
The two women, who have ruled the nation alternately for almost two decades, are frequently referred to as the battling begums for their long-standing personal animosity.
The cabinet has decided to cancel the lease on the home in the army cantonment currently occupied by the leader of the opposition, Khaleda Zia, Hasinas spokesman, Abul Kalam Azad, told AFP.
Hasina first raised the idea in parliament last week and said Zia was living in the house illegally.
Hasina, who came to power with a landslide victory in December elections and holds a three-quarters majority in parliament, said the government would build apartments on the grounds around the house
The new homes would be given to the families of army officers slain in the February mutiny at another military base in the capital.
Zia, head of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, has lived on the army base since 1981, after her husband Ziaur Rahman, a former military chief and then president, was killed in an attempted coup.
Access: Separately, the British High Commission in Dhaka said on Wednesday it had asked Bangladeshi officials for access to the head of an Islamic charity accused of using a school as a cover for a bomb factory.
Police in Dhaka said they had arrested Faisal Mostafa, who holds a British passport, this week.
We are aware of the arrest of Faisal Mostafa. We have sought permission from the government of Bangladesh to provide consular access to Faisal, a spokesman for the British High Commission (Embassy) in Dhaka said.
Mostafas lawyer, Obaidur Rahman Shahjahan, told AFP his client had been in custody for more than two weeks and had been taken to several different police stations for questioning.
Last month, police raided a madrassa on the remote southern island of Bhola and seized a cache of weapons and explosive devices, as well as literature urging Muslims to take up arms.
The school is run by the British-based charity Green Crescent, which is owned by Mostafa. Mostafa was born in Bhola, but moved to Britain in 1969 when he was five years old, Shahjahan said. afp
Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan
* British diplomats seek access to charity chief
DHAKA: The Bangladeshi cabinet, lead by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, announced on Wednesday that former premier Khaleda Zia would be evicted from the home she has lived in for 28 years, an official said.
The two women, who have ruled the nation alternately for almost two decades, are frequently referred to as the battling begums for their long-standing personal animosity.
The cabinet has decided to cancel the lease on the home in the army cantonment currently occupied by the leader of the opposition, Khaleda Zia, Hasinas spokesman, Abul Kalam Azad, told AFP.
Hasina first raised the idea in parliament last week and said Zia was living in the house illegally.
Hasina, who came to power with a landslide victory in December elections and holds a three-quarters majority in parliament, said the government would build apartments on the grounds around the house
The new homes would be given to the families of army officers slain in the February mutiny at another military base in the capital.
Zia, head of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, has lived on the army base since 1981, after her husband Ziaur Rahman, a former military chief and then president, was killed in an attempted coup.
Access: Separately, the British High Commission in Dhaka said on Wednesday it had asked Bangladeshi officials for access to the head of an Islamic charity accused of using a school as a cover for a bomb factory.
Police in Dhaka said they had arrested Faisal Mostafa, who holds a British passport, this week.
We are aware of the arrest of Faisal Mostafa. We have sought permission from the government of Bangladesh to provide consular access to Faisal, a spokesman for the British High Commission (Embassy) in Dhaka said.
Mostafas lawyer, Obaidur Rahman Shahjahan, told AFP his client had been in custody for more than two weeks and had been taken to several different police stations for questioning.
Last month, police raided a madrassa on the remote southern island of Bhola and seized a cache of weapons and explosive devices, as well as literature urging Muslims to take up arms.
The school is run by the British-based charity Green Crescent, which is owned by Mostafa. Mostafa was born in Bhola, but moved to Britain in 1969 when he was five years old, Shahjahan said. afp
Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan
