| Bangladesh's army-backed interim government s re-introduced an Aug. 15 public holiday to mark the death of the country's founding leader, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, officials said on Sunday. The Bangladesh High Court ruled late last month that a previous government's cancellation of the holiday was illegal, and asked the new interim government to rectify it. "The government has decided to abide by a recent high court ruling in this regard," chief spokesman for the head of the interim government, told reporters. The Aug. 15 holiday was scrapped in 2002 by the government of former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia, after she won a 2001 election by defeating Mujib's daughter Sheikh Hasina, another former prime minister. |