Word: iajuddin
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...When Bangladesh's President Iajuddin Ahmed cancelled elections and declared a state of emergency in January last year, many Bangladeshis applauded. Campaigning by the country's two main political parties had descended into violence and opposition parties were threatening to boycott the poll. The new military-backed Caretaker Government brought peace to the streets and promised to clean up Bangladesh's rampant corruption, fix its institutions and hold clean elections. One year on and there is no doubt the government has begun the work it set itself: two former prime ministers are in jail awaiting trial, hundreds of other senior...
...Setting The Record Straight The Dec. 3 Briefing story on Cyclone Sidr mistakenly included a picture of Bangladesh's President, Iajuddin Ahmed, instead of the country's chief adviser to the caretaker government - or de facto Prime Minister - Fakhruddin Ahmed, pictured here...
...Briefing story on Cyclone Sidr mistakenly included a picture of Bangladesh's President, Iajuddin Ahmed, instead of the country's chief adviser to the caretaker government--or de facto Prime Minister--Fakhruddin Ahmed, pictured here...
...country must work out a way to get to fresh polls without triggering more violence. The new interim government-Iajuddin has stepped down as its head, though he remains the country's President-is made up of technocrats led by Fakhruddin Ahmed, a widely respected former central banker. But the task of healing the nation is heavy. The BNP is furious with the election delay and is demanding that the polls be held as soon as possible. Before Iajuddin called off the ballot, Zia described the Awami League and its allies as "conspirators" plotting to undermine the electoral process...
...Though the army may have backed Iajuddin's decision to delay the election, a complete military takeover, while hardly impossible, seems unlikely. Since the country's return to democracy a decade and a half ago, the army has become far more professional. Bangladesh is now one of the biggest providers of troops to U.N. peacekeeping missions, which not only helps the country's international standing but allows thousands of soldiers to earn enough for early retirement. A coup, with soldiers taking the reigns of power, would end that because the U.N. doesn't like to use troops from a military...