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Sunday, October 29, 2006 - Posts

• Bangladesh: Report of Repression against Bangladesh Minorities for the month of October 2006 from national dailies

  News update for the month of October, 2006 in Bangladesh through 21st October 2006 Jamat activists carry attack on the Puja mandop (pavilion) in Shamnagar Upazila of Satkhira district: Six injured and one arrested (The Daily Prothom Alo, 03rd October Read More posted Sunday, October 29, 2006 11:47 AM by Administrator | 2 Comments

• Bangladeshi President Iajuddin Ahmed has been sworn in as head of an interim government after the main political parties failed to agree a candidate.

  Reacting to the appointment, Awami League leader Sheikh Hasina said she expected Mr Ahmed to implement electoral reform proposals submitted by the party. "He has to prove himself as a neutral person," she told reporters. The BBC's Waliur Rahman in Dhaka says the comments can be taken as an implicit acceptance of the appointment. Read More posted Sunday, October 29, 2006 10:55 AM by Administrator | 0 Comments

• President sworn in as chief of caretaker govt

  President Iajuddin Ahmed last night assumed the office of chief adviser to the non-party caretaker government in addition to his presidential responsibilities as "major political parties failed to reach a consensus on an acceptable person for the post". Read More posted Sunday, October 29, 2006 10:52 AM by Administrator | 0 Comments