BangladeshÂ’s emergency government, which had been trying to exile two former prime ministers on Wednesday, said it would drop a ban on Sheikh Hasina returning to the country and stated there would be no restriction on the movements of Khaleda Zia. Bad move. The competing harridans are the problem. Not part of the problem, but the problem itself.
“The government says clearly that there is no pressure on Khaleda Zia to go abroad and there have been no restrictions on her movements,” the government said in a statement, read out by Information Officer Makhan Lal Hira. Ms Zia has been under virtual house arrest. The government had also withdrawn a press note issued on April 18, the statement said, referring to a ban imposed on Sheikh Hasina entering the country.
The military-backed government had been trying to exile both women as part of its campaign to clean up the countryÂ’s notoriously corrupt politics. On Sunday it blocked Awami League leader Sheikh Hasina Wajed from returning from London after declaring her a threat to national security. The Awami League held power between 1996 and 2001.