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	Bangladesh - THE ERSHAD PERIOD
		Ershad cited as reasons for his coup the growing corruption and inefficiency of the civilian government dominated by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.
		Ershad announced that one of his highest priorities was a reorganization of the government in order to decentralize decision making and development projects.
		Ershad built on Zia's earlier platform of advocating an increased role for Islam in the culture and politics of Bangladesh.
	countrystudies.us /bangladesh/90.htm (523 words)

	Ershad's entry could strengthen Zia, weaken Hasina - Printer Friendly Page - Politics - Telugu Portal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Whatever the truth, Ershad's entry galvanizes the largely bipolar politics of Bangladesh where Zia and her archrival, Awami League's Sheikh Hasina, have dominated the scene.
		Ershad was in Pakistan in 1971 and did not take part in the Bangladesh liberation war.
		Ershad was quick to make overtures to India, from whom his predecessor had sought to distance himself.
	www.teluguportal.net /modules/news/print.php?storyid=9289 (864 words)

	Encyclopedia: Politics of Bangladesh
		Ershad sought public support for his regime in a national referendum on his leadership in March 1985.
		Ershad resigned as Army Chief of Staff and retired from military service in preparation for the presidential elections, scheduled for October.
		However, opposition to Ershad's rule began to regain momentum, escalating by the end of 1990 in frequent general strikes, increased campus protests, public rallies, and a general disintegration of law and order.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Politics-of-Bangladesh (2631 words)

	Bangladesh: Ershad's Antics before the Elections
		Ershad who is already 77 years old thinks that it is his last chance to revive himself politically.
		Ershad had to backtrack as he failed to convince the JP unit in his hometown Rangpur about the share of tickets for the upcoming elections.
		Though HM Ershad, Roushan Ershad and a few other senior leaders are interested to join the BNP-led alliance, most of the former lawmakers who are still popular among their constituents are opposed to the idea as they are convinced that in no way will BNP win the next election.
	www.saag.org /papers21/paper2044.html (1803 words)

	Bangladesh the Ershad Period
		Ershad cited as reasons for his coup the growing corruption and inefficiency of the civilian government dominated by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.
		Ershad announced that one of his highest priorities was a reorganization of the government in order to decentralize decision making and development projects.
		Ershad built on Zia's earlier platform of advocating an increased role for Islam in the culture and politics of Bangladesh.
	www.country-studies.com /bangladesh/the-ershad-period.html (515 words)

	Ershad set to join Zia-led alliance \| IndianMuslims.info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Ershad had indicated that he would take his final decision next week but appears to have advanced his decision due to internal dissensions in the party.
		Ershad, 77, who ruled Bangladesh during 1982-90, has been keen on joining the Zia-led alliance also because of the reported understanding that if returned to power in the coming elections, he would be the alliance's candidate for the presidency.
		Ershad's party had 13 lawmakers in parliament, winning seven percent of the votes polled in the 2001 elections.
	www.indianmuslims.info /news/2006/november/03/muslim_world_news/ershad_set_to_join_zia_led_alliance.html?PHPSESSID=471b57d76fd6b4d2a2e728799c27a07c (430 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : International
		Election officials declared Ershad’s applications to contest five constituencies “unacceptable”, saying he was not eligible after the supreme court asked him to surrender over a graft case.
		The Awami League said Ershad was being punished for refusing to form an alliance with Khaleda and that the court verdict was “remote-controlled”.
		Ershad, who ruled Bangladesh for almost nine years and was ousted in a people’s revolt jointly led by Khaleda and Hasina, said he could contest the polls while fighting a legal battle.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1061228/asp/foreign/story_7193106.asp (374 words)

	Hussain Muhammad Ershad, Jatiya Party
		Another epoch-making measure that Ershad and his government took was the decentralisation of 6 benches of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh to the Divisional Headquarters of the country.
		Ershad and his government handled the situation in a manner that created a history in the country's disaster management of relief operations and rehabilitation.
		President Ershad is remembered by the people with gratitude and lives in the hearts of his countrymen who in one voice agree that in terms of the country's development and welfare works Bangladesh has seen the most efficient and able leader in him and therefore they would like to see him back in power again.
	www.plusbangla.com /ershad.htm (772 words)

	The Ershad Factor By Taj Hashmi
		Ershad’s contributions to the degeneration process outweigh those of all the previous and succeeding regimes in the country.
		Meanwhile, thanks to the institutionalization of corruption by Ershad and its further nourishment under his equally unworthy and corrupt successors, hard-core criminals, including murderers and mafia-type godfathers, are well-entrenched in the arena of politics.
		The latter is trying to win over the estranged first wife of Ershad (another half-educated housewife-turned-politician), with a view to getting political support from her faction of the Jatiya Party, originally established by the former dictator.
	www.countercurrents.org /hashmi221206.htm (1592 words)

	Ershad Regime - History - Bangladesh - Asia
		Ershad immediately proclaimed martial law, suspending the constitution and prohibiting all political activities.
		Ershad ruled under a figurehead president until December 1983, when he assumed the presidency.
		Faced with a massive wave of strikes and violent demonstrations, Ershad was forced to resign in December 1990.
	www.countriesquest.com /Asia/Bangladesh/History/Ershad_Regime.htm (399 words)

	Poll bar on Ershad blow to Hasina-led alliance
		Former president Hossain Mohammed Ershad's disqualification from the forthcoming elections in Bangladesh is a serious blow to the Awami League-led alliance, forcing a re-think in its strategy and giving a clear advantage to the rival alliance of former prime minister Khaleda Zia.
		Ershad, convicted for corruption, lost his appeal before the Supreme Court that asked him to surrender to a lower court.
		Ershad, the country's longest-serving president, had earlier sought to ally with Zia when he was acquitted from four long-pending cases.
	www.bangladeshnews.net /story/222607 (678 words)

	Ershad 'missing' after court sentence
		Ershad, 77, has alleged that his conviction is politically motivated and meant to debar him from contesting and campaigning in the general elections next month.
		Ershad has since sought to change his alliance and is seeking to join the rival 14-party alliance led by Sheikh Hasina of Awami League.
		A telephonic speech of Ershad was relayed through loudspeakers at two Rangpur rallies on Sunday in which he informed the audience that he had decided to forge alliance with the 14-party combine.
	www.rxpgnews.com /india/Ershad-missing-after-court-sentence_9026.shtml (551 words)

	Ershad Hossain Mohammad - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Ershad Hossain Mohammad - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Ershad, Hossain Mohammad, born in 1930, president of Bangladesh (1983-1990).
		Born in Rangpur (now in Pakistan), Ershad was educated at the...
	encarta.msn.com /Ershad_Hossain_Mohammad.html (111 words)

	Ershad puts on hold alliance with Zia
		Ershad, who was president during 1982-90, said the JP was now preparing to contest the next general election independently and will field candidates to all the parliamentary seats.
		Political analysts said the perceived U-turn was a setback for Ershad as Zia, who heads the four-party alliance, had promised a presidential nomination to him, should the alliance be returned to power.
		Ershad would have to quell the rebellion in the party.
	news.webindia123.com /news/Articles/Asia/20061107/500825.html (437 words)

	Jatiya Party (Ershad) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Jatiya Party (Ershad) (National Party (Ershad)) is a political party in Bangladesh.
		It is a faction of the original Jatiya Party, that was founded by the military dictator Hossain Mohammad Ershad.
		Currently the Jatiya Party (Ershad) is the fourth largest party in Parliament; with 14 seats out of 300 available; and got a 7.5% share of the vote at the 2001 general election.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/National_Party_(Ershad) (130 words)

	Ershad
		Ershad's visit of Atrashi peer and various mosques was a regular ingredient of BTV news.
		Ershad rejuvenated the Madrasa (Jesuit model of Islamic schools) education and sanctioned millions of dollars (financed by Saudi Arabia and Iran) to build new madrasas countrywide.
		Ershad maintained illicit relationships with wives (pretty ones) or sisters of all of his close associates, film and TV stars, and ambitious business women of Dhaka society.
	www.muktadhara.net /page41.html (1420 words)

	Jail for Bangladesh's ex-dictator Ershad, blow to poll plans \| IndianMuslims.info
		Awami League leader, former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, blamed the verdict to the judgment being "influenced by remote control", ostensibly a reference to her rival Khaleda Zia, who ruled for the last five years and is alleged to retain clout among much of the bureaucracy and judiciary.
		In a case instituted soon after he was removed from power in 1991 and a trial that has continued since 1995, Ershad has been convicted of having made 300 million takas ($4.3 million) in the purchase of speedboats from Japan when he held office.
		Ershad changed his political plans after hobnobbing with the Zia-led alliance, then in power, earlier this year.
	www.indianmuslims.info /news/2006/december/15/muslim_world_news/jail_for_bangladeshs_ex_dictator_ershad_blow_to_poll_plans.html (431 words)

	Ershad decides to join four-party (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Ershad's brother GM Quader, Secretary General Ruhul Amin Hawlader and presidium member Shah Moazzem Hossain skipped the meeting as they went against the decision to join hands with the BNP and its allies.
		Ershad said Hawlader fell ill after picking a heated argument with him Thursday over the former military ruler's unilateral decision to join the alliance without settling the issue of party's share of seats in the elections.
		Ershad expressed hope that he would be able to bargain a good number of four-party nominations for his party leaders.
	nation.ittefaq.com /artman/publish/article_31928.shtml (522 words)

	Bangladesh Relaxation of Martial Law, 1986-87
		In March 1986, Ershad removed military commanders from key civil posts and abolished martial law offices and more than 150 military courts in an attempt to ease martial law restrictions.
		Ershad easily defeated 11 other candidates, officially obtaining 22 million votes (84 percent) of the electorate.
		Ershad took advantage of the situation by convening Parliament in June to consider measures to consolidate his regime further.
	www.country-studies.com /bangladesh/relaxation-of-martial-law,-1986-87.html (821 words)

	Bangladesh - More Opposition Pressure
		Ershad, responding to opposition pressure, sent the bill back to Parliament for "reconsideration." The opposition, realizing that its disunity would allow Ershad to strengthen his hold over the country, intensified its street demonstrations, and its leaders made moves toward greater cooperation against the government.
		Ershad took the occasion of his opening speech to Parliament to advocate Islam as the state religion.
		However, Ershad had also kept opposition politicians from sharing power, and although he engineered the change from direct military rule to a civilian government, he made no progress in reconciling the political opposition to his regime.
	countrystudies.us /bangladesh/93.htm (1099 words)

	Bangladesh More Opposition Pressure - Flags, Maps, Economy, History, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, ...
		Ershad, responding to opposition pressure, sent the bill back to Parliament for "reconsideration." The opposition, realizing that its disunity would allow Ershad to strengthen his hold over the country, intensified its street demonstrations, and its leaders made moves toward greater cooperation against the government.
		Ershad took the occasion of his opening speech to Parliament to advocate Islam as the state religion.
		However, Ershad had also kept opposition politicians from sharing power, and although he engineered the change from direct military rule to a civilian government, he made no progress in reconciling the political opposition to his regime.
	www.photius.com /countries/bangladesh/government/bangladesh_government_more_opposition_pres~256.html (1158 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Ershad is lodged in Khulna jail since his arrest in August, 1999, for his involvement in a number of criminal cases including murders.
		Ershad’s father, Bande Ali, was convicted and sentenced to 20 years rigorous imprisonment for murdering one Entajuddin Fakir of his own village during the Pakistan period.
		Ershad was twice elected Ward Commissioner for Ward number 21 of Khulna City Corporation, comprising the IWTA ghat areas, railway station zone and main bazar of Khulna, which gave him ample “cover” to conduct his illegal and criminal activities.
	www.bangladesh-web.com /view.php?hidDate=2004-05-10&hidType=LOC (1395 words)

	AsiaMedia :: BANGLADESH: Ershad slams govt for putting blame on media
		Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad yesterday came down heavily on the ruling coalition for blaming the media for the fuel and power crises in the country.
		Ershad was equally critical of Awami League for what he said the main opposition's utter failure to project and protest the government's dismal performance.
		Ershad, flanked by some of his key party colleagues, was critical of shifting the cricket venue from Bangabandhu National Stadium to Mirpur Stadium.
	www.asiamedia.ucla.edu /article.asp?parentid=39429 (408 words)

	rediff.com: Ershad sentenced to five-year term for corruption
		Former Bangladesh President Hussain Mohammad Ershad was Thursday sentenced to five years simple imprisonment and fined 55 million taka by the Dhaka High Court which found the former military ruler guilty of corruption.
		Ershad, who seized power in a 1982 bloodless military coup, ruled the country with an iron fist for nearly nine years before bowing out in December 1990 following a massive pro-democracy campaign.
		Ershad has served a jail term for abuse of power and corruption before he was released on bail by the Supreme Court in January 1997.
	www.rediff.com /news/2000/aug/24bangla.htm (270 words)

	rediff.com: Ershad says border clashes baffling
		Former Bangladeshi president Lt General H M Ershad said that casualties in the border skirmishes between Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) and the Border Security Force were 'unusual', and that he suspects something's 'amiss' in the sudden flare-up.
		Gen Ershad, a former chief of the Bangladesh Army, says border disputes between the two countries should be resolved through discussion and not by force.
		Ershad, however, adds that in case of a border incursion, the BDR is at liberty to open fire to protect the country's territorial integrity.
	www.rediff.com /news/2001/apr/26bang4.htm (244 words)

	Ershad Sikder executed, buried: Will killer’s nexus with politicians be probed?
		Ershad Sikder's death sentence by hanging in the local Juba League leader Khalid Hossain murder case was carried out by three hangmen in presence of senior police and jail officials at 12.01 Monday midnight.
		Receiving the news of execution of Ershad Sikder, mother of Khalid Hossain, in her reaction told the newsmen that Ershad was a "notorious animal and not a normal human being." "I have always called Allah for the punishment of Ershad Sikder, because he along with others brutally killed my beloved son.
		Ershad, who had killed at least 60 people and dumped their bodies in the river, received death sentences in seven cases and life-term in four cases.
	nation.ittefaq.com /artman/exec/view.cgi/43/9029 (1015 words)

	The Hindu : International : "Ershad's wife a victim of political intrigue"
		Ershad accused his wife of trying to intimidate him, misappropriating his money and damaging valuables in their house.
		Ershad, a member of the Jatiya Party's presidium, was under pressure either to leave the country.
		Ershad sued his wife under pressure from the Government, which had earlier forced him to expel her from the party.
	www.hindu.com /2005/06/06/stories/2005060600911600.htm (375 words)

	Serial Killer Ershad Sikder (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Ershad Sikder was an influential political figure in the south-western city of Khulna before his arrest five years ago on a murder case.
		Ershad Sikder's rise from poor labourer to rich man in Khulna symbolises the dreadful state of Bangladeshi politics.
		Ershad Sikder was convicted by the trial court in six other murder cases and his appeals against the verdicts were pending before the higher court.
	www.francesfarmersrevenge.com /stuff/serialkillers/ershadsikder.htm (388 words)

	Khaleda Zia invites Ershad to join alliance
		Ershad, who met Zia on Sunday with his wife Roushan, a lawmaker, told media later that he had met the prime minister for 'solely personal reasons', which included a dispute over a house that had been allotted to him when he was in power.
		Ershad came to power in 1982 in a politico-military move and remains the country's longest-serving ruler.
		Political analysts say that a political pact between Zia and Ershad, or even Ershad's neutrality, could weigh the political balance against the Awami League and the 14-party opposition combine, and be in favour of Zia and her alliance that includes the Islamists led by Jamaat-e-Islami.
	www.indiaenews.com /bangladesh/20060703/13507.htm (440 words)

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