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	Caretaker government
		Bangladesh Agrees to US Facilities Request The caretaker government of Bangladesh agrees to a request by the United States to use the nation's airspace, airfields and port facilities.
		US Gets Bangladesh Backing Bangladesh's caretaker government agrees to a request by the US for logistical support in the event of an attack on Afghanistan.
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	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Caretaker_government.html (202 words)

	Caretaker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This type of caretaker government is adopted in Bangladesh where an advisor council led by the former chief judge rules the country for 3 months before an elected government takes over.
		A caretaker government is often set up following a war until stable democratic rule can be restored, in which case it is often referred to as a provisional government.
		In systems where coalition governments are frequent a caretaker government may be installed temporarily while negotiations to form a new coalition take place.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Caretaker (572 words)

	Reform of the Caretaker Government
		The Bangladesh practice of a caretaker government is the result of deep distrust of the outgoing elected government.
		The concept of a caretaker government during the interim period, when the term of an elected government ends and elections are held for installing a new government, is not new.
		Finally, after the voterless one party election of February 1996 Begum Zia's government was forced to accept the proposal for a caretaker government and enact the necessary change in the Constitution.
	www.dhakacourier.net /issue28/other/DOC2.HTM (2866 words)

	The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 337
		The roundtable on 'Caretaker government reforms' was organised by Bangladesh Foundation for Development Research (BFDR) in collaboration with the Weekly Mridubhashan at the Cirdap auditorium in the city to mark the birth anniversary of slain former finance minister Shah AMS Kibria.
		The defence portfolio should not be vested in the president during the tenure of the caretaker government, said the speakers at a roundtable yesterday.
		He said the constitutional amendment on the introduction of the caretaker government system gave some executive powers to the president which should be curtailed.
	www.thedailystar.net /2005/05/10/d50510060462.htm (410 words)

	matamat.com
		But, we will..we obviously will question why the caretaker government took away the permanent representative of Bangladesh from the United Nation…instead putting their a person who is a close relative of the chief advisor.
		The Caretaker government also passed a law that along with the president, the passed prime minister, and the leader of the opposition, he (the chief advisor) will also get the same security protocol by the state for the same period.
		The immediate elected government must monitor and review of all the steps taken by the previous care taker government side by side launch a new amendment in the constitution about the range of work and procedure very clearly and specifically of the caretaker government.
	www.matamat.com /comments.php?sid=17&tid=11&mode=&order=&thold= (719 words)

	The Hindu : Polls on schedule: Bangladesh President
		But the President, who, as chief of the country's first caretaker Government, had successfully conducted the 1991 general elections, must have also displeased a powerful section who are strongly opposed to an early poll schedule.
		Hasina said the caretaker Government's function was only to hold the election within the constitutional time-frame, and that it had no right to review the actions of an elected government.
		The President also stated that the elections must be held by October 11 since the caretaker Government took oath on July 15.
	www.hinduonnet.com /2001/08/06/stories/0306000r.htm (693 words)

	CNN.com - Zia set for power in Bangladesh - October 1, 2001
		DHAKA, Bangladesh (CNN) -- A four party alliance led by the Bangladesh National Party of former prime minister Kaleda Zia appears set to win the country's national elections.
		Under the country's constitution, a caretaker government must be installed before elections can be held.
		Since July, former chief justice Latifur Rahman has headed a caretaker government.
	archives.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/asiapcf/south/10/01/bangla.elex (426 words)

	Bangladesh
		Under a 1996 constitutional amendment, general parliamentary elections are presided over by a caretaker government, led by the most recently retired Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
		After charges were filed in 2002 regarding the 1999 killing of BNP activist Sajal Chowdhury, the High Court stayed the proceedings based on a petition from the main defendant, a former AL Member of Parliament (M.P.), claiming that the Government was not seriously pursuing the case.
		Khaleda Zia, leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), became Prime Minister (PM) following parliamentary elections in October 2001, deemed to be free and fair by international and domestic observers.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2003/27944.htm (14820 words)

	BANGLADESH: opposition political activists beaten and arrested by the police during demonstrations and a country-wide strike
		According to the information that I have received, the Alliance of 14 opposition political parties declared a nationwide dawn-to-dusk ‘Hartal’ (strike) programme on January 22, 2006, to protest against rising prices and calling for reforms to the Constitution, notably concerning the caretaker government and election systems.
		The alliance of 14 political opposition parties, led by the Bangladesh Awami League, called the country-wide dawn-to-dusk ‘Hartal’ (strike) to protest against rising prices and calling for reforms to the Constitution, notably concerning the caretaker government and election systems.
		Zahirul Haque Jillur, the president of the Awami League in the No. 39 Ward area, alleges that he was beaten by the police at the Nabisko bus stop in Dhaka during the strike.
	www.ahrchk.net /ua/mainfile.php/2006/1548 (1406 words)

	History of Bangladesh
		Sheikh Hasina Wazed, the leader of the Awami League, was sworn in as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh Government.
		However, low voter turnout and reports of ballot-box stuffing by polling officials raised serious questions about the government's legitimacy and in April 1996 Prime Minister Begum Khaleda agreed to stand down and appointed an interim caretaker administration, pending new elections scheduled for 12 June 1996.In the elections Awami League got the largest number of seats.
		Bangladesh came to today's shape through a long history of political evolution.
	www.bangla2000.com /Bangladesh/history.shtm (994 words)

	view.php?hidDate=2004-12-25&hidType=POL&hidRecord=0000000000000000030401
		By making the human wall programme a success, they said, the three-year-old government would be compelled to accept their nine-point demands including its (government) immediate resignation announcing early polls to be arranged under a non-partisan caretaker administration for installing a welfare government at the helm of state affairs.
		Bangladesh Awami Jubo League, the youth front of the main opposition Awami League, yesterday announced an action programme including a countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal on Sunday 26 December in protest at rise in prices of kerosene, diesel, fertiliser and other essential commodities.
		Jahangir Kabir Nanak, chairman of Bangladesh Awami Jubo League, announced the action programme from a rally of fasting demonstrators in front of the party central office on Bangabandhu Avenue in the city yesterday.
	www.bangladesh-web.com /news/view.php?hidDate=2004-12-25&hidType=POL&hidRecord=0000000000000000030401 (348 words)

	The EU's relations with Bangladesh - Overview
		Elections, held in June 1996 under a caretaker government, resulted in the return to power of the Awami League, led by Sheikh Hasina, the daughter of the first Prime Minister.
		Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, leader of the Awami League, became the first Prime Minister of the independent Bangladesh (land of Bengal).
		The parliamentary elections which led to a centre-right Bangladesh National Party (BNP, Prime Minister: Mrs Khaleda Zia) government being installed in 1991 marked the start of a new era in building democratic institutions in Bangladesh.
	europa.eu.int /comm/external_relations/bangladesh/intro (2266 words)

	Bangladesh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The president is elected by the legislature every five years and his normally limited powers are substantially expanded during the tenure of a caretaker government, mainly in controlling the transition to a new government.
		Bangladesh consists mostly of a low-lying river delta located on the Indian subcontinent with a largely marshy jungle coastline on the Bay of Bengal known as the Sundarbans, home to the (Royal) Bengal Tiger and one of the largest mangrove forests in the world.
		Bangladesh is ethnically homogenous, with Bengalis comprising 98% of the population, the rest belonging to the tribal people.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bangladesh (2612 words)

	The EU's relations with Bangladesh - Overview
		Elections, held in June 1996 under a caretaker government, resulted in the return to power of the Awami League, led by Sheikh Hasina, the daughter of the first Prime Minister.
		The parliamentary elections which led to a centre-right Bangladesh National Party (BNP, Prime Minister: Mrs Khaleda Zia) government being installed in 1991 marked the start of a new era in building democratic institutions in Bangladesh.
		Bangladesh’s import from EU In recent years, exports from the EU to Bangladesh focus on vegetable products, notably cereals, products of the chemical and allied industries and machinery and mechanical appliances.
	europa.eu.int /comm/external_relations/bangladesh/intro (2255 words)

	Homeland Bangladesh --- News From Bangladesh --- Mayer Dak
		Sheik Hasina, Bangladesh's Prime Minister stated that her Government would transfer power, as per the Constitution, to the Caretaker Government on July 15, 2001.
		The Pakistani invaders of Bangladesh (Former East Pakistan) attacked and destroyed the historic Temple of goddess Kali at Ramna on March 27, 1971.
		Destruction of Hindu Temples in Bangladesh in 1989
	www.homelandbangladesh.com (2255 words)

	The EU's relations with Bangladesh - Overview
		Elections, held in June 1996 under a caretaker government, resulted in the return to power of the Awami League, led by Sheikh Hasina, the daughter of the first Prime Minister.
		The parliamentary elections which led to a centre-right Bangladesh National Party (BNP, Prime Minister: Mrs Khaleda Zia) government being installed in 1991 marked the start of a new era in building democratic institutions in Bangladesh.
		Bangladesh’s import from EU In recent years, exports from the EU to Bangladesh focus on vegetable products, notably cereals, products of the chemical and allied industries and machinery and mechanical appliances.
	europa.eu.int /comm/external_relations/bangladesh/intro (2255 words)

	Bangladesh 1996 focus
		The opposition call for a boycott of the election was almost universally observed yet the Government still claimed a landslide victory.
		Eventually, on 30 March, the Government had no option but to resign and allow a caretaker administration to oversee a fair election.
		Begum Zia called an election but her party (the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, or BNP) had rigged by-elections so blatantly that few trusted it to oversee a fair national vote.
	www.newint.org /chronicle96/bangladesh.html (2255 words)

	Khaleda Zia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The BNP restored the parliamentary system through the 12th amendment to the Constitution in 1991 and introduced the Caretaker Government through 13th amendment to the Constitution in 1996.
		Begum Khaleda Zia (Bangla: বেগম খালেদা জিয়া) (born August 15, 1945) is the Prime Minister of Bangladesh.
		Aiming to return to power, the BNP formed a four-party opposition alliance on 6 January 1999 with the Jatiya Party, the Jamaat-e-Islami and the Islami Oikya Jot and launched several agitation programmes against the ruling Awami League.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Begum_Khaleda_Zia (573 words)

	Prime Minister of Bangladesh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Excluding caretaker leaders (but including Mashiur Rahman, the Senior Minister), there have been Prime Ministers of Bangladesh.
		The President of Bangladesh is considered senior to the Prime Minister, but holds a largely ceremonial role.
		The Prime Minister of Bangladesh is, in practice, the most powerful political position in Bangladesh.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Bangladesh (243 words)

	Bangladesh
		Under a 1996 constitutional amendment, general parliamentary elections are presided over by a caretaker government, led by the most recently retired Chief Justice of the Supreme Court or, if he is unfit or unwilling, another senior retired justice or other neutral figure.
		Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, the leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), came to power in elections on October 1 deemed to be free and fair by international observers.
		On June 17, as Khaleda Zia, leader of opposition party BNP, attempted to visit the southern part of the country to address a scheduled rally, her motorcade was fired upon repeatedly, forcing her to return to Dhaka.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2001/sa/8224.htm (18316 words)

	Bangladesh Eight Jatiya Sangsad: A Review
		The present Jatiya Sangsad/House of the Nation is a unicameral legislature and is the second to have been elected after the Constitution (Thirteenth Amendment) Act 1996 providing for holding of general election under a non-party caretaker Government came into force.
		Part V of Chapter 1 of the constitution of Bangladesh says that there shall be a parliament/Jatiya Sangsad (to be known as the House of Nations) in which subject to the provisions of this constitution shall be vested the legislative powers of the republic.
		Bangladesh is a very poor country but recently foreign investment has significantly increased in the gas and electrical power generation.
	www.saag.org /papers8/paper707.html (1327 words)

	www.Jamaat-e-islami.org
		He said, the country is marching forward as a result of three acceptable elections under caretaker government system.
		He said it is by dint of active co-operation of Islami parties and Ulamas (Islamic Scholars) of the country and for the governments tough steps and actions that bomb-attacks in the name of Islam have effectively been resisted.
		Bangladesh is desirous to use the experience of China in its development.
	www.jamaat-e-islami.org /PRESSRELEASE.htm (1258 words)

	About Bangladesh
		Bangladesh, in full, People’s Republic of Bangladesh, republic of southern Asia, in the northeastern portion of the Indian subcontinent, bordered on the west, north, and east by India, on the southeast by Myanmar (formerly known as Burma), and on the south by the Bay of Bengal.
		Among the major cities of Bangladesh are Dhaka, the capital, with 3,368,940 inhabitants (1991); Chittagong, the leading port, with 1,566,070 inhabitants; Khulna, a rapidly growing center for small-scale industry, with 601,051 inhabitants; Nārāyanganj, the inland port for Dhaka, with 268,952 inhabitants; and Rājshāhi, located in a silk-producing area, with 324,532 inhabitants.
		Bangladesh is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations and was admitted to the United Nations and its affiliated organizations in 1974.
	grove.ufl.edu /~bsa/aboutbd/aboutbd1.htm (1258 words)

	Bangladesh
		Under a 1996 constitutional amendment, general parliamentary elections are presided over by a caretaker government, led by the most recently retired Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
		Bangladesh was invited by the Community of Democracies' (CD) Convening Group to attend the November 2002 second CD Ministerial Meeting in Seoul, Republic of Korea, as a participant.
		PM Khaleda Zia, leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), came to power in elections on October 1, 2001, deemed to be free and fair by international and domestic observers.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2002/18309.htm (1258 words)

	Bangladesh
		Under a 1996 constitutional amendment, general parliamentary elections are presided over by a caretaker government, led by the most recently retired Chief Justice of the Supreme Court or, if he is unfit or unwilling, another senior retired justice or other neutral figure.
		The lack of democracy within the political parties that have formed governments since 1991 has resulted in a concentration of political power in the office of the Prime Minister, regardless of which party is in power.
		Khaleda Zia, leader of the Bangladesh National Party, was elected Prime Minister and took office on October 10.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2001/sa/8224.htm (1258 words)

	Muslim Community Association - Guest Speaker - Professor Ghulam Azam
		He is the formulator of the caretaker government concept for fair election in Bangladesh and was imprisoned several times for his uncompromising stand on establishing the Deen of Allah.
		He was the Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami, Bangladesh during 1971.
		He was born on 7th November, 1922 in Dhaka as the eldest son of a respected family.
	www.mca-sfba.org /guests/prof_ghulam_azam.htm (144 words)

	2023_E.htm
		Police declared that almost 230 people were killed and more than 1,500 injured in political violence since the caretaker government, led by Mr Latif-ur-Rahman, took office in mid-July 2001.
		About half of the candidates contested the polls on an independent basis, while the rest were supporters of two former Prime Ministers who also stood for election, Sheik Hasina, leader of the Awami League, and Begum Khaleda Zia, leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).
		Some 2,000 candidates ran in the general elections that were held on 1 October 2001.
	www.ipu.org /parline-e/reports/2023_E.htm (485 words)

	Alexander's Gas & Oil Connections - Bangladesh rejects to export natural gas until future needs are assured
		Bangladesh is in the midst of a campaign for Oct. 1 parliament elections and is being administered by a caretaker government since Hasina handed over power on July 15 after becoming the country's leader to complete a five-year term.
		A series of Bangladesh governments have stuck to that policy, refusing to begin exports of what some experts believe is a huge resource of natural gas, until the nation's future needs are assured.
		Bangladesh fears that export could lead to fast depletion of its reserve and leave the poor nation without gas, used for cooking, electricity and making fertilizer.
	www.gasandoil.com /goc/news/nts13990.htm (328 words)

	Bangladesh
		Under a 1996 constitutional amendment, general parliamentary elections are presided over by a caretaker government, led by the most recently retired Chief Justice of the Supreme Court or, if he is unfit or unwilling, another senior retired justice or other neutral figure.
		Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, the leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), came to power in elections on October 1 deemed to be free and fair by international observers.
		Sheikh Hasina, leader of the Awami League, was Prime Minister until Parliament's term of office expired in mid-July.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2001/sa/8224.htm (18316 words)

	Habib Zafarullah
		'Non-Political Caretaker Administrations and Democratic Elections in Bangladesh: An Assessment, Government and Opposition, Vol 35, No. 3, 2000, pp.
		'The Bureaucracy in Bangladesh: Politics Within and the Influence of Partisan Politics' in A. Farazmand ed.
		'National Administration in Bangladesh: An Analysis of Organisational Arrangements and Operating Methods', Asian Journal of Public Administration, 20 (1), 1998, pp.
	www.une.edu.au /arts/PAIS/zafarullah.htm (18316 words)

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